PRN Melaka: Elak jadikan tahanan rumah Najib modal kempen, kata Tok Mat

Mohamad Hasan, the deputy president of Umno, has criticized the use of the issue of former Prime Minister Najib Razak's "house arrest" as a campaign tactic for the PRN Melaka. He argued that the issue should not have arisen at all, as the conditional pardon is a power vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Malay rulers, as stated in the Federal Constitution.

The deputy president emphasized that the issue should not be questioned for political support and that everyone must respect the Federal Constitution, which forms the basis of the nation. He urged people not to use it as a means to campaign. He added that they must know which lines they can touch and which ones they cannot. After the campaign in DUN Durian Tunggal, he reviewed DAP Senior Vice Chairman Loke Siew Fook's statement made yesterday so that the voters in Melaka, who were not satisfied with the decision, could express their views through the ballot boxes.

This move was made by Loke just a few hours after the High Court of Kuala Lumpur granted Najib the right to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. Earlier, Loke had raised the possibility of terminating his position on September 2, following the conditional pardon for Najib, but he declared that it would only come into effect once the former Prime Minister began serving his house arrest.

Mohamad also rejected Najib's statement of being released, stressing that the former Umno president is still serving his sentence in house arrest. He is not free, and the house is a prison that has been transformed.