KUALA LUMPUR: DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang yesterday praised Datuk Seri
Najib Razak’s promise to ensure a peaceful transition of power should
the federal or any state government switch hands after Election 2013.
Lim
in turn, offered Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) commitment to respect the
results of the polls, regardless whether the fledgling opposition pact
loses its bid to topple Barisan Nasional (BN) from Putrajaya.
“Najib
commitment 2 “respect democracy” n “2 respect the voice of the rakyat”
deserve commendation — something I asked him many times to do,” Lim
wrote on microblogging site Twitter yesterday afternoon, shortly after
the Dewan Rakyat was dissolved.
“Pakatan Rakyat makes similar
commitment to respect the voice of ppl in 13GE n peaceful transition of
power, whether Putrajaya or State,” he tweeted.
The DAP adviser,
however, added that if Najib’s pledge is sincere, two other pertinent
issues should follow — that no one should raise the spectre of the May
13 racial riots or employ the politics of fear in relation to riots or
mayhem while on the campaign trail.
In his televised address to
announce Parliament’s dissolution yesterday morning, Najib promised that
there will be a peaceful transition of power should there be a change
in the federal government after the 13th general election.
“We
respect democracy, we are committed to our political transformation, we
are committed to respect the voice of the rakyat,” the country’s sixth
prime minister stressed towards the end of his 15-minute speech in
announcing the dissolution.
(Source: The Borneo Post)
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