Zahid: Stop commenting on pardon bid for Najib

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi urged all quarters to stop making inappropriate comments on the party’s bid to seek a pardon for former prime minister, Najib Abdul Razak.

"Let’s leave the matter to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as he has the prerogative.

“I do not welcome views from any organisations, what more from friendly political parties making inappropriate comments,” he said.

The deputy prime minister said this after attending the Pontian Umno division Aidilfitri open house at Dewan Muafakat Kompleks Pusat Khidmat Ahli Parlimen Pontian in Benut, Johor today.

Zahid said this when asked to comment on Amanah communications director Khalid Samad’s statement calling for a rejection of the application to get a pardon for Najib.

On April 9, Zahid was reported as saying that Umno’s move to submit an application to the Agong to consider granting Najib a pardon was in accordance with existing legal procedure and not a form of political pressure.

Najib was jailed for 12 years and fined RM210 million after being convicted of charges of abuse of power, money laundering, and criminal breach of trust over SRC International funds amounting to RM42 million.

On seat allocations for the six state elections due within months, Zahid said discussions at the state level had been held between BN and Pakatan Harapan.

“We will not take the approach of holding talks separately among component parties in the coalitions. Any negotiations must be between the two coalitions, BN and Harapan.

“All decisions made during discussions in these six states will be taken to the highest level, where we will further deliberate on the suitable seats to be contested.

“InsyaAllah, once we have started this round of talks, we will find the best way to determine winnable seats in the six states,” he said.

The six states due to hold elections this year are Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, and Terengganu.

- Bernama

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