PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional has accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of power abuse and breaking the law for refusing Parliament to debate the High Court's decision on Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's Yayasan Akalbudi corruption case.
Perikatan Nasional chief whip Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said that the Prime Minister does not have any authority or right to determine or decide based on the standing order if there is a motion submitted to debate the matter.He said the acceptance or rejection of such a motion is within the jurisdiction and discretion of the Speaker of the House.
Takiyuddin added that the need for the case, in which Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal , to be debated in the highest forum in the country was also increasingly necessary and urgent considering its great impact not only on the legal and judicial institutions, but also to the image and integrity of the government and the country in the eyes of the people and the international community.
"So far, all legal issues, including those raised in Parliament by the Prime Minister himself and his party when he was in the Opposition, have been answered and even given clear explanations by the relevant ministers, including court cases involving 1MDB issues and the like," said Takiyuddin. On Friday, Anwar had said the High Court's decision to grant Ahmad Zahid a discharge not amounting to an acquittal cannot be debated in a special Parliament sitting.
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