State your public stance on 1MDB, BN reps tell Muhyiddin
(The Malaysian Insider) – The Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Samad has urged Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to state his public stand on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) as the deputy prime minister and not only as an Umno member.
A recording of a closed-door speech to Umno members recently showed Muhyiddin calling for the sacking of the entire 1MDB board, but Shahrir said that Muhyiddin must state a public stand in his capacity as DPM and cabinet member.
“As deputy prime minister, he has the format to say any views in the cabinet and as deputy president, he can speak in the Supreme Council,” Shahrir told reporters after the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
Shahrir said Muhyiddin’s views on 1MDB must be voiced through other platforms and not limited to the closed-door speech in Janda Baik alone, which was recorded by an Umno member, who is set to face party disciplinary action over the matter.
“I understand that at the point in time he was merely answering a question directed at him, but I hope he cane express his views in these two platforms, not only in Janda Baik,” Shahrir said.
