YOURSAY | 'Muhyiddin doesn't walk the talk but asks Umno's Zahid to resign.'

'Politically persecuted Muhyiddin should remain party president'

Apanama is back: Bersatu supreme council member Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal, you and your Bersatu fellows are really a disgrace and disgusting.

Since your president Muhyiddin @ Mahiaddin Yassin was arrested and charged, you people launched Tabung Hibah Abah. What nonsense is this?

During the pandemic, you never thought of the people. How many have lost their lives, lost their livelihood, committed suicide and raised white flags?

Now with the launch of that fund, without any shame, you are all asking the same people/public to donate as if Mahiaddin have become suddenly poor. What drama is this?

It looks like jailed former premier Najib Abdul Razak's 1MDB could turn up to be peanuts if MACC digs up further on more of Bersatu's case during your president's tenure as backdoor PM.

IndigoTrout2522: There are similarities between the charges on Muhyiddin and Najib. The point here is that Bersatu leaders, including Muhyiddin, have been saying loud and clear that political leaders should resign after being charged in court.

The latest statement by Muhyiddin is when he accepted the resignation of Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan with an explanation that Bersatu must show an example to others.

In addition, Muhyiddin had been criticising Umno leaders for holding on to their positions after being charged in court. So he is not walking his talk and is similar to other Bersatu leaders.

Why should the rakyat trust them now? This is just hypocritical.

Of course, Bersatu party members will overwhelmingly vote and retain Muhyiddin as party president. Who else can be as prolific as him in generating hundreds of millions of ringgits in a short span of time for a little-known party?

VioletHare9377: Fayhsal, whoever you are, just wondering if you’re living in dark forces, not sure you know what is right from wrong, what do you mean by political persecution?

Sometimes either people are just shallow or propagate to mislead others but the general ground rules are if you had done no wrong, no one would be able to prosecute you.

This is a very simple notion where there’s a law, you must abide by it and when you cross the line, you would be punished.

As a lawmaker yourself, believe these are 101 basics.

FairMind: Didn't Umno party members do the same in worshipping Najib when he was charged in the 1MDB case? Najib was, too, a prolific cash generator for Umno as well as a good donor using 1MDB money.

After all, Bersatu is the offspring and shares the same DNA as Umno. Muhyiddin is Bossku number 2 no matter how different you would like to paint him to be from Bossku number 1. They are Siamese twins and two sides of the same coin.

Nuyiko: Since when being charged with corruption is political prosecution? Political prosecution is when you are arrested and made to disappear while evidence is gathered and when all your assets are seized.

You will be presented in an open trial and read pre-prepared statements to pledge guilty. That’s a political prosecution, not to mention, the mental and physical torture you be made to suffer.

Your Muhyiddin was only detained for a few hours, that’s not political prosecution.

Another example of political prosecution is how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, then sacked deputy prime minister, was handled by the authorities.

Just look at his charges then, and how Anwar was detained and what happened when he was jailed (1998).

Mazilamani: Very interesting statement, as if the charge sheets by MACC could not expose the absence of innocence by Bersatu's paramount leader, Muhyiddin.

Or is there a lingering fear that if the party forces Muhyiddin to step down then it would amount to affirming MACC's charges of guilty which in turn will send the wrong message to party supporters?

Well, we already know who are those who gave the "forced donation".

If business tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhairy can speak directly to the prime minister on the Kedah Airport matter, I am sure Syed Mokhtar would have already spoken to the PM on the donation matter.

So Wan Ahmad Fayhsal, please keep the counsel to yourself.

Franklyspeaking: Read the charge sheet, and understand the offences committed and the violations of the relevant Acts by the accused.

There is no need to “defend” in the court of public opinion. Berani kerana benar, tak payah buat “temberang” (Be brave if you are right, no need to bluff).

In a court of civil law, the assertion is not proof, and the profession has to be validated by witness testimony. Any public statements by the accused, his political party and his followers cannot be recognised as a “not guilty” verdict.

Man on the Silver Mountain: I laughed my head off when I read this. It is all too predictable. Bersatu should change its scriptwriter. Be subtler and perhaps, sophisticated. If can lah.

Nobody asked you to resign. It was you who said it - if you have a court case, you should resign. Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should not be appointed to hold any positions.

What happened now? At least Wan Saiful resigned. But why can’t the president? Now you know. Zahid is also president.

Don’t resign but with that, you can throw your credibility. Find the deepest lake in Malaysia, and throw it there never to be seen again. Bersatu has lost any credibility, if ever it has one.

GoldenPanther6858: This chap does not seem to know what political persecution is all about.

Muhyiddin was allegedly caught with RM232 million under his control and cannot explain it, according to MACC.

Irrespective of whether you are a politician or orang biasa (ordinary person), you have to be charged and it is up to him to exculpate himself.

If Malaysia is to progress, all this nonsense has to be stopped. It cannot be when you are caught, it is political persecution. Malaysians cannot be fooled anymore by social media exposure.

PurpleHawk0187: Why should anyone believe a man that doesn’t even use his correct, legal name (Muhyiddin @ Mahiaddin)?

Why should anyone believe a party that is also confused as to the man’s name? Why should anyone listen to a party that practices double standards?

When an individual from another party is charged, he should be removed but when its own party leader is charged, you don’t call for the same action?

Why should anyone trust a party that was complicit in bringing down a legally chosen government for their own political benefit?

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