There is no doubt Muhyiddin Yassin is not fit to be deputy prime minister for issuing another May 13 threat , said DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.

The opposition leader also took MCA president Liow Tiong Lai ( left ) to task for defending Muhyiddin by describing the threat as a reminder to Malaysians not to take unity for granted.

"If all cabinet ministers are like-minded as the MCA president, who could sanitise a 'threat' of a racial riot as a 'reminder', then for the first time in the 57-year history of Malaysia, the nation has a cabinet which is not fit or qualified to lead Malaysia’s multi-racial and multi-religious nation," he added in a statement.

Lim ( right ) said Muhyiddin has not shown commitment to the ideals of justice and liberty for the nation to be "a beacon of light in a disturbed and distracted world" but is doing his worst for Malaysia to be part of "a disturbed and distracted world".

"His May 13 threat is giving legitimacy to a small group extremists who had in the past year since the 13th general election been responsible for the worst racial and religious polarisation in the country with their incessant incitement of racial and religious hatred, conflict and tension with periodic threats of another May 13.

"Muhyiddin was not only dishonest and but downright irresponsible when he tried to justify  his threat on the ground that the Malays and Islam were under siege in Malaysia, when there can be no basis for such belief, which is the mischievous creation of those who want to sow  and incite racial and religious discord in the country," he added in a statement.

Lim questioned if the cabinet, during its Wednesday meeting, would reprimand the deputy prime minister.

The DAP leader also wondered if Muhyiddin had resorted to the "classic bait" of May 13 to distract attention from his "dismal failure" as education minister.

Lim raised this in relation to the "latest violation of academic freedom" in Universiti Malaya.

 

"Muhyiddin must answer this question for this is the first time in four decades that a prime minister or deputy prime minister had threatened another May 13 riot – but will any minister dare to ask Muhyiddin this question point-blank at the cabinet meeting?" he asked.

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