Thursday, February 14, 2013

DAP rep: Ezam unqualified to advice Karpal

GEORGE TOWN: A DAP assemblyman has taken Umno Senator Ezam Mohd Nor to task for suggesting that Karpal Singh retract his statement made in 1997 that Anwar Ibrahim had committed sodomy.


Kota Alam Shah assmblyman M Manoharan described Ezam’s remark as “senseless and immature”.
Furthermore, he said being a party hopper himself, Ezam did not have the moral eligibility to advice a senior politician like Karpal.

“Ezam breached political ethics to hop from one side to another. What moral standards does he have to advice the DAP national chairman?” he added.

Ezam had reportedly urged Karpal to retract the statement made in parliament, in which the Bukit Gelugor MP claimed to have proof that Anwar committed sodomy.

The former PKR Youth chief said Karpal should apply to parliament to have the statement struck off from the Hansard if he was serious about Anwar being a possible candidate for prime minister.
He also called on Karpal to apologise to the Malay Muslim community over the statement.

Ezam said Karpal should know that the Malay Muslim community in Malaysia would never allow someone who was guilty of sodomy to become prime minister.

Manoharan noted that Karpal had been an elected MP for seven terms and served as state assemblyman for four terms, all under the DAP ticket.

He said Ezam on other hand hopped from PKR to Barisan Nasional and was appointed a senator via the back door.

Hence, he said Ezam should not be talking about political ethics.-FMT

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