PUTRAJAYA: Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has advised caretaker Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor to “repent” for allegedly insulting the sultan of Selangor at a ceramah recently.
Zahid was referring to a speech Sanusi made, where the PAS man touched on Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s royal assent for the appointment of Amirudin Shari as menteri besar in 2018.
“Politics is not a joke … I hope he will repent because not everything needs to be turned into campaign material, as it can be detrimental to himself.
“There’s no need for me to respond (to his speech). He doesn’t know how to differentiate between fact and fiction,” Zahid, the BN chairman, told reporters at an event here today.
Selangor PKR Youth is expected to lodge a police report against Sanusi today over his alleged remarks.
Communications and digital minister Fahmi Fadzil had also told the Kedah Perikatan Nasional chief that he will have to take responsibility for his remarks, which come after repeated warnings not to touch on the 3R issues related to race, religion and royalty.
“Those who (still) dare to do this have to face the consequences,” Berita Harian quoted Fahmi as saying.
Meanwhile, Zahid urged Umno and BN supporters to be wary of their rivals’ propaganda, dismissing claims that supporters of former prime minister Najib Razak will back PN in the Aug 12 state elections.
“When I met Najib previously, he also told me that we must not be occupied by the games played by others outside the party,” he said. “Umno’s efforts (to seek a royal pardon for Najib) are ongoing.”
He was responding to a pro-Najib group’s claim that Najib’s supporters will back PN instead of BN and Pakatan Harapan in the coming state elections.
Sinar Harian quoted Pertubuhan Jalinan Perpaduan Negara president Syed Imran Syed Abdul Aziz as saying they were disappointed by the unity government’s failure to seek justice for Najib.
