KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has threatened to resign from the Cabinet if Pas’ Private Member’s Bill is passed in Parliament.
Liow, who is also MCA president was quoted in The Star today as saying that he would have to “sacrifice” and “resign” if the tabling of the bill could not be stopped.
“I’m trying to stop it. I’m trying to get all the component parties to stop it. I am urging both sides of the political divide to come together and stop this bill.
“So if we cannot do it, we will have to sacrifice. I will resign.
“No point I stay on anymore, you know. I have to be very firm on this one,” he said.
He urged politicians from both sides of the political divide not to vote for the bill, which Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
Yesterday, Liow had, in a joint statement with three Barisan Nasional component party presidents, voiced their dissatisfaction, saying that the matter was not discussed in cabinet or the BN Supreme Council.