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Ruckus in Dewan over Mukhriz’s comment on Anwar |
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 08:24am |
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©The
Star (Used by permission)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat erupted in a war of words after Jerlun MP Datuk
Mukhriz Mahathir said that he believed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was involved in
“doing such things.”
While the House was debating the Supplementary Supply Bill yesterday, Mukhriz
stood up and said the people wanted to know whether Anwar had committed sodomy
as alleged by his former aide.
At that time, Gombak MP Mohamed Azmin Ali had stood up and demanded an
explanation from Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar on the action by the
police to arrest Anwar before the 2pm deadline given to him to turn up at the
city police headquarters.
Mukhriz said the Opposition should not be raising other issues aimed at
deflecting attention from the basic question.
“People want to know the truth. Was there sodomy or not? Be brave and show proof
whether this incident was true or otherwise.
“The truth is that I believe Anwar had behaved in such a way,” he said.
Mukhriz was then interrupted by shouts from Pakatan Rakyat MPs for a good 15
minutes. Several demanded that he withdraw what he said.
Titiwangsa MP Dr Lo Lo Ghazali, who is from PAS, said Anwar was a victim of lies
while Shah Alam MP Khalid Abd Samad, also from PAS, said Muslims were taught
that an accused person was innocent until his crime was proven.
Dr Lo Lo asked for Mukhriz to withdraw what he had said about Anwar because it
was qazaf (slander) and those found guilty could be whipped according to Islamic
Law.
Khalid said the Opposition MPs would accept Mukhriz's arguments if they were
facts.
“But Jerlun had made an open and unproven statement that he was convinced that
Anwar was guilty.
“This is an irresponsible statement. Please discipline these young MPs and stop
them from uttering such statements,” he added.
Meanwhile, Pasir Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said the Opposition
practised double standards by accepting the accusations made against the Deputy
Prime Minister or his wife.
Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia then put a stop to the bickering and told
the MPs to keep to debating the bill.
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Circular No 297/2008
That came from a parliamentarian? Can he accuse Anwar in the way he did? Unless, his father told him to say that because his father had interviewed the victims and he believed what the victims had told him.
Or he himself got sodomised by Anwar.
Zulkepli Omar