Cabinet reshuffle: Opposition MPs to move no-confidence vote against Najib

PETALING JAYA: Opposition MPs will move a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli (pic) said MPs from Barisan Nasional who loved the country should support the motion, together with MPs from PKR, DAP and Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB).

"We have not set any time frame to table the motion which can be done in the next Parliament sitting or outside.

"Of course, we need the numbers and that is why we are making an open invitation to all MPs, including those from Barisan Nasional.

"If we sit down and wait for Umno to do it, it would never happen," he said during a press conference here on Tuesday.

A total of 17 MPs from the three parties signed a joint statement, read out by GHB leader Mohamad Sabu.

In the statement, the MPs proposed to set up a transition government and to appoint an interim prime minister to govern for a year, before the next general elections was called.

The MPs agreed to appoint an elder statesman to replace Najib which could be from any parties, including Umno.

Several terms are also included namely reforming important institutions to ensure a fair elections, resolving pressing issues such as 1MDB and bring those guilty to book and a revision of economic policies which are a burden to the people.

It is learnt a delegation will be formed to start meeting certain MPs and convince them to support the motion.

To a question why PAS MPs were not in the list, Mohamad Sabu said the question should be posed to the Islamist party.

However, he said PAS was welcomed to support the motion so that there could be "finality to the full blown crisis."

DAP MP Tony Pua said there should be a new alignment of progressive leaders and that all political players must join hands in line with a new political culture.

He said there must not be any partisan politics and voters should demand their respective MPs to support the motion to remove Najib.

"The situation now is akin to a repeat of the leadership crisis in 1998.

"The Opposition MPs will not take it lying down if there are attempts to put us behind bars and suppress press freedom," he said, adding that the country should not be made to suffer due to one person's attempts to hang on to power.

The MPs also issued a warning to the Government of people taking to the streets should it happen.

They will also be supporting a rally to be organised by Bersih soon.