Kitingan: PN parties should help, not blackmail, PM
Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president Jeffrey Kitingan said all Perikatan Nasional parties should strengthen the federal government and not blackmail the prime minister.
"I am concerned such actions would invite opportunists to disrupt the functioning of the government just like what PKR president Anwar Ibrahim is doing.
"At a time like this when we are facing...
Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president Jeffrey Kitingan said all Perikatan Nasional parties should strengthen the federal government and not blackmail the prime minister.
"I am concerned such actions would invite opportunists to disrupt the functioning of the government just like what PKR president Anwar Ibrahim is doing.
"At a time like this when we are facing Covid-19 and economic crisis, why should we be adding another problem of political instability to the mix?
"When is it ever going to end? I think they should be helping to strengthen the government rather than weakening it," he said in a statement today.
He also mocked the suggestion by Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) supporters to appoint former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad as interim prime minister until the next general election, saying it is an illogical proposal as there is nothing wrong with the current prime minister.
"If they said Muhyiddin does not command the majority of the MPs, what makes them think Tun Mahathir does? He has only five MPs," Kitingan said.
Kitingan is the Keningau MP, Tambunan assemblyperson and PN deputy chairperson.
He said it was a time of war, such as now when the country is facing an invisible enemy, and he went on to urge all parties to work together instead, to ensure that the battle is won.
Kitingan warned that continued political turmoil and the possible collapse of the current government could result in the eventual enforcement of a state of emergency to stop the bickering and allow a smoother operation to combat Covid-19.
He said the current Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition government in Sabah was stable and focused on the challenges ahead.
"We are united in GRS, and our government is focused on fighting Covid-19 and turning around the economy for the welfare and benefit of the people after suffering for almost two years under the Warisan Plus government," he added.
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