KOTA BARU: Pas today admitted that plans to topple the Madani government through a democratic process that is permitted by the Federal Constitution have been discussed for some time.
Pas vice president Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said many parties wanted to change the current government.
"I do not know about the 'Dubai move' but what Perikatan Nasional (PN) election director Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said on the 'Chow Kit' move is true as we have always discussed this issue, to topple the unity government.
"This is normal. Even Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim before this discussed the same topic when he had yet to become the Prime Minister.
"He was always discussing about the same issue. So, it is not wrong for PN to do the same.
"Many have the desire to change the current government. Even among the supporters of the government itself they want to see this happen as they are not satisfied with the performance for the unity government," he said.
Mohd Amar, who is the Kelantan state assembly speaker said this when met at the state government's New Year gathering here today.
The Panchor assemblyman also believed the unity government would fall at any time.
Yesterday, Sanusi confirmed there is a move by PN to topple the Madani government through democratic process that is permitted by the Federal Constitution.
(https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2024/01/996967/sanusi-says-it-was-c...)
The Kedah Menteri Besar said the move was engineered based on loopholes in the Anti-hopping law used by the Madani government to woo the support of five members of Parliament (MPs) from PN.
"I think whatever (move) that is permitted by the Constitution, (it) should be allowed to take place. Anything that is unconstitutional should not take place.
"If they (the Madani government) regarded the support from the five MPs (from PN) as something Constitutional based on democratic principle, any move in return should be regarded as the same (being Constitutional).
"If they can lure five MPs but we are capable of luring (the support of) 10 MPs, why should they be angry. That is a normal process in democracy and permitted by the Constitution," he said.
Sanusi was responding to Community Communications Department deputy director (community communications) Datuk Ismail Yusop's claims that opposition MPs were plotting a 'Dubai Move' to bring down the unity government.
Ismail was reported as saying that following a visit to Dubai by the MPs, "agents" were actively trying to convince people that by early this year, the Madani government would collapse.
Prior to that, messages about a closed-door meeting involving PN MPs and two BN MPs in Dubai went viral on social media but PN has since rubbished the claims.