Before the ink was dry on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) integrity pledge which Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng signed today, his opponents in Umno Youth were clamouring again for his resignation.

The Youth wing is demanding that the DAP secretary-general quit his post as he is awaiting trial over a corruption charge involving the purchase of an RM2.8 million bungalow on Pinhorn Road. 

Penang Umno Youth chief Rafizal Abdul Rahim handed in a memorandum to MACC chief Dzulkifli Ahmad after the latter attended the signing ceremony of the pledge with Lim in Komtar today.

Rafizal, flanked by several Umno Youth members in white baju Melayu, approached Dzulkifli as he was leaving Komtar.

Later, Rafizal told reporters that Lim was bound by the pledge now that he had signed it.

"Our memorandum focuses on urging the CM to resign as he had just signed the integrity pledge. 

"By signing the pledge, Lim shows he is clean and honest, so he should step down as he is facing a corruption trial," Rafizal said. 

Rafizal hoped that the courts will speed up the case involving Lim so that a decision can be made soon about his leadership in Penang.

Asked if Umno Youth is willing to sign the pledge, Rafizal replied, "Yes, we are going to do it with other NGOs in Kepala Batas tonight".

"We are not going to be a smart aleck and add 10 points more to the pledge," he quipped.

Dzulkifli had earlier witnessed Lim signing and declaring to uphold the pledge dubbed "Integrity plus 10" which included 10 of the latter's recommendations on ways to combat corruption.

Among the 10 points are the public declaration of assets by the chief minister and his state executive councillors, an open tender system, and the prohibition of state land ownership by public officials.

Meanwhile, Penang People’s Association chairperson Huan Cheng Guan who was also at Komtar said he had come to meet with Dzulkifli as the MACC director is a friend. 

He urged the MACC to take the necessary action against all corrupt officials regardless of their political allegiance.

"I also urge him to respond to several reports which I have lodged with the MACC, just like they acted on my report about the bungalow," Huan said.

Lim has vehemently denied any wrongdoing and maintains that the corruption charge is an attempt by BN to tarnish his reputation as chief minister and end his political career.