Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today signed a declaration with the country’s former leaders, Opposition leaders, political activists and leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGO).
The declaration named ‘Citizens Declaration’ calls for the resignation of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister.
The declaration contained four demands:
1. The removal of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as the Prime Minister of Malaysia through non-violent and legally permissible means;
2. The removal of the those who have acted in concert with him;
3. A repeal of all the recent laws and agreements that violate the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and undermine policy choices and
4. A restoration of the integrity of the institutions that have been undermined such as the police, the MACC, Bank Negara and the PAC.
The 58 principal signatories included members from the Opposition pact and NGOs.
Below are among the individuals who have signed the declaration:
1. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
2. Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik
3. Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
4. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
5. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
6. Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir
7. Mohamad Sabu
8. Lim Kit Siang
9. Mustafa Ali
10. Datuk Ambiga Sreenivasen
11. Datuk Seri Zaid Ibrahim
12. Nurul Izzah Anwar
13. Datuk Mahfuz Omar
14. Tan Sri Sanusi Junid
15. Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar
16. Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib
17. Tan Sri Samsuri Arshad
18. Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman
19. Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman
20. Tan Sri Aziz Yassin
21. Ariff Sabri
22. Teresa Kok
23. Anthony Loke
24. Tian Chua
25. Datuk Seri Ahmad Said
26. Datuk A. Kadir Jasin
27. Salahuddin Ayub
28. Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa
29. Datuk Husam Musa
30. Dr Hatta Ramli
31. Rafizi Ramli
32. Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Ghazali
33. Dr Mariah Mahmud
34. Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin
35. Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad
36. Datuk Saifudin Nasution Ismail
37. Datuk Fauzi Abdul Rahman
38. Datuk Seri Panglima Lajim Haji Ukin
39. Al-Fadhil Ustaz Hassanudin Haji Yunus
40. Haji Mohamad Anuar Mohamad tahir
41. Maria Chin Abdullah
42. Cynthia Gabriel
43. Dr Syed Azman
44. Tommy Thomas
45. Datuk Hamidah Osman
46. Kamarul Azman Habibur Rahman
47. Datuk Omar Osman
48. Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul rahman
49. Zaid Mat Arip
50. Tamrin Tun Ghafar
51. Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan
52. Anina Saadudin
53. Tun Daim Zainuddin
54. Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal
55. Tan Sri Zaman Khan
56. Matthias Chang
57. Hishamuddin Rais
Former leaders who were present included former deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, former Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, former MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik dan former Selangor Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib.
Oppositions leaders were DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang, Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) President Mohamad Sabu, Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub and PAS information chief, Datuk Mahfuz Omar.
Astro Awani
Fri Mar 04 2016
The declaration named Citizens Declaration calls for the resignation of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister.
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