Eksklusif : Lim Kit Siang Akui Wujud Perancangan Gulingkan Kerajaan BN Melalui Jalan Belakang?

Ketika merasmikan Persidangan UMNO Bahagian Ampang semalam, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi tampil mendedahkan kewujudan gerakan menggulingkan kerajaan pimpinan Dato' Seri Najib Razak melalui jalan belakang yang diketuai oleh seorang tokoh UMNO dan mendapat kerjasama daripada beberapa kepimpinan pembangkang.

Beliau menyatakan bahawa, sekarang ini kumpulan yang terbabit sedang dalam proses penyediaan memorandum untuk diserahkan kepada Yang Di- Pertuan Agong.

Sekalipun begitu, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi melalui ucapannya berikrar tidak akan mengizinkan perkara itu berlaku selagi beliau bergelar Timbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Dalam Negeri.

Selepas mendedahkan kewujudan perancangan jahat itu, secara tiba- tiba Lim Kit Siang tampil membidas kenyataan yang dikeluarkan Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu dan menyifatkan gerakan seperti itu yang dibuat mengikut perlembagaan tidak boleh dilabel sebagai satu jenayah kerana ianya adalah sebahagian dari yang termaktub dalam sistem demokrasi berparlimen.

Toppling the prime minister through constitutional means is not a crime, but part and parcel of parliamentary democracy, says DAP after Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi revealed that an Umno leader was allegedly behind such a plot.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang said it was unfortunate that Zahid was talking about the attempt as though it was a heinous crime. 

He said Zahid should accept it as part of the democratic process, as long as there was a new majority in Parliament that supported a new prime minister through peaceful means, including the use of statutory declarations (SD).

"Toppling Datuk Seri Najib Razak as prime minister is no crime and cannot fall under the ambit of Section 124B of the Penal Code on ‘activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy’ as this is part and parcel of parliamentary democracy, unless the proposed toppling of the prime minister and the government is by violent and unconstitutional means," Lim said in a statement.

Earlier today, Zahid said an Umno leader was behind a plot to topple the government with the support of opposition lawmakers. 

He added that he found out that they were preparing SDs ‎to remove the government.

Lim questioned whether the Umno leader that Zahid referred to was sacked deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. 

"Is Zahid referring to Muhyiddin as the Umno leader plotting to topple the Najib government?”Lim questioned. 

The deputy prime minister had said earlier today that he will not allow efforts to oust the government to succeed and urged Umno to rise up and prevent the plan from becoming a reality. 

He, however, did not reveal the identity of the Umno leader he was referring to, saying it would be "exposed on its own." 

"This is a serious matter. They cannot wait until the next election. They want to enter through the back door. 

"They are not only stabbing the party in the back, but the‎y are destroying the institution of democracy," Ahmad Zahid had said. 

Rumours have been circulating that Umno deputy president Muhyiddin was attempting to overthrow the government after he was dropped from Cabinet. 

However, the former deputy prime minister has denied this repeatedly, and maintained he would never betray Umno. 

Meanwhile, Asia Sentinel reported on Wednesday that Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah had met with former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to form a unity government to remove Datuk Seri Najib Razak. – August 15, 2015. 

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Agak janggal apabila Lim Kit Siang secara tiba- tiba tampil untuk memperkatakan tentang apa yang diucapkan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri berhubung gerakan sulit itu.

Lebih menjengkelkan, Lim Kit Siang bukan tampil untuk menafikan dakwaan itu, sebaliknya ia tampil untuk mempertahankan gerakan seperti itu dan mengatakan ianya sebagai bukan satu kesalahan jenayah.

Dengan tindakan Lim Kit Siang yang mempertahankan gerakan seperti itu dan menyifatkannya sebagai sah di sisi perlembagaan demokrasi berparlimen, adakah ia memberikan isyarat bahawa gerakan seperti itu sememangnya wujud dan segala intipati ucapan Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi itu ada benarnya?

Itu persoalan pokok yang harus dijawab Lim Kit Siang selepas kenyataan seperti itu dikeluarkan.