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Don’t walk away from MoU whatever outcome of Najib’s appeal, says MP - superadmin - 12-06-2021 PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) should not turn its back on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with the federal government regardless of the Court of Appeal’s upcoming ruling on Najib Razak’s RM42 million SRC International case on Wednesday, says a DAP MP. Highlighting how the MoU has already seen reforms such as the such establishment of more parliamentary special select committees and a prorated allocation for opposition MPs for the final three months of the year, Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming said such improvements in the country’s democratic process will collapse if PH reacts to political events with “short-term thinking”. “For example, there will be a huge outcry if on Dec 8, the Court of Appeal rules in favour of Najib Razak and overturns his corruption and abuse of power conviction in the High Court over the SRC case,” he said in a statement. “There will be the inevitable public pressure on PH to revoke the MoU with Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s government. This will be a mistake as it will be playing straight into the hands of some leaders in Umno, who want to trigger a collapse in the federal government and call for GE15 in the next three months. “The opportunity for long-term institutional reform will be lost. Such an opportunity may not return in the next 10 years or so, especially if Barisan Nasional/Umno were to use its levers of power to repress and weaken the opposition.” - More -