Nazri to PKR MPs: Were you sleeping on your job?
The de facto law minister challenges PKR MPs to report him up to the parliamentary rights and privileges.
(Free Malaysia Today) – De facto Law Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz today hit out at PKR MPs Tian Chua and R Sivarasa for accusing him of misleading the Dewan Rakyat over the matter of private investigator P Balasubramiam.
“This issue (Balasubramaniam’s case) was raised last year in the house and I debated it with Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur). In the debate I gave the same answer as to why Balasubramaniam was not charged with perjury,” he told reporters at his office today.
At a press conference yesterday, Tian Chua (Batu MP) and Sivarasa (Subang MP) asked why the case against Balasubramanian was closed, saying that Nazri had misled the house in his written reply about the case.
Tian Chua said yesterday that he was bringing up the matter as the written response to his question was only given to him the day before.
Nazri, however, questioned why Tian Chua took issue with the matter now when Lim himself had accepted his explanation given at the last sitting.
Nazri also took pot-shots at Chua’s status as an MP. He had said last week that it was not right for BN MPs to push for the legally-embattled MP to be disqualified from Parliament.
“If I lie then, my stand about his position in Parliament will also be a lie because you know my stand is different…”
“Don’t be selective. Lies and half truths are the culture of PKR,” he added.
“Where were they (Tian Chua and Sivarasa) last year when (I gave the explanation)? Were they sleeping on the job?” he asked.
Sivarasa yesterday said that Nazri had added a new twist to Section 199 of the Penal Code by saying that Balasubramaniam’s statutory declarations (SD) could not be used in court as they were not made with the intention of using them in court.
