Former deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin regrets that many Umno members are still unclear on the reason for the call for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to resign.

The Pagoh lawmaker said in his constituency alone, he had been asked many times to explain the 1Malaysia Development Bhd and RM2.6 billion donation issues.

“I have explained many times and they said they still don't understand. They have also asked me to give explanations in Pagoh. How many times must I explain?

“Umno members still fail to understand. The 1MDB and RM2.6 billion issues are related to our calls for the prime minister to resign,” he said.

The suspended Umno deputy president was speaking at a programme named ‘Mencari Kebenaran, Selamatkan Malaysia’ (Finding the Truth, Save Malaysia) in Puchong last night.

Meanwhile, the former deputy premier stressed that he and the Umno grassroots leaders would not have urged Najib to resign if the party president was not embroiled in a number of scandals.

“We can’t play around with this because when we urge him to resign, it must be because of something serious. I want to ask, is the 1MDB issue serious or not?” Muhyiddin posed this to the audience.

1MDB’s failure to furnish complete documentations was one of the reasons why the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was not able to come out with a more thorough conclusion, he stressed.

“The PAC said the prime minister was not involved because 1MDB did not submit a complete report to the PAC. The PAC could not confirm the position of the funds, therefore the PAC report, too, is not complete,” he said.

Muhyiddin also refuted claims that former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad was ‘senile’ for his incessant attacks against Najib.

“When Mahathir said funds related to 1MDB were gone, he was attacked, with many calling him a senile old man.

“But he is not senile, in fact he’s doing great. Everywhere he goes, he talks about the country’s interests,” said Muhyiddin.