PUTRAJAYA: Tony Pua should ‘man up’ and take up 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) Arul Kanda challenge to square off in a televised debate.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the DAP lawmaker should not keep making U-turns in his stand on the issue by imposing conditions on Arul on the 1MDB issue.
Pua, who is the Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara, had initially challenged Arul, but later said the event should be in a question-and-answer session format instead.
Zahid, who is Home Minister, said Pua should be man enough to face the 1MDB, who had even agreed to hold a televised live debate.
Arul, he said, had even withdrawn his earlier condition in which he had asked Pua to resign from his position as a Public Accounts Committee member first.
"He (Pua) should retract the conditions he has set for Arul and face off in the debate. He should not politicise the method of the debate.
"Pua should accept the challenge in good faith in efforts to address the (1MDB) issue amicably. No attempt should be made to continue twisting the facts," said Zahid.
Zahid said he had no objection if the debate were to be aired live.