Claim 13 GPS MPs not backing Muhyiddin fake news, says Abd Karim
The claim that 13 MPs from Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) are not backing Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to form the new federal government is fake, says Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
“I have attended a meeting chaired by Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg at 5pm Tuesday with all the MPs from Sarawak. How can there be another group of MPs?
“From what I could see then, all the MPs were there except two including Anyi who had just won in Baram while another had a preagreed programme to attend,” he said, referring to Baram MP Datuk Anyi Ngau.
He was asked by reporters to comment on the viral message that had used the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) logo.
Abdul Karim, who earlier chaired a press conference on the upcoming Sarawak International Festival of Music & Arts (Sifma) 2022, said this was the problem with many unscrupulous people who would use certain letterhead or signage, saying they were “not supporting this side or that side and so on”.
“Every day there is a lot of fake news churned by irresponsible individuals. MCMC (Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission) should take action on these people – it is getting out of control.
“Looks like people are so daring, they will throw in anything telling all sorts of things, raising sensitive issues that cause conflicts among the people. I hope these things would stop,” he said.
Abdul Karim said leaving it to the wisdom of the Yang diPertuan Agong as GPS had already informed His Majesty which side they were supporting.
“Enough with all the politics. We just had the election. Whoever is entrusted to be the prime minister should just bear his responsibility well. No need for politicking.
“We will not get anywhere and the rakyat will suffer,” he said.
A viral fake message made its rounds on WhatsApp Tuesday naming the 13 MPs who purportedly did not support PN and Muhyiddin.
It also claimed that Abang Johari had to accede to the wishes of the majority to support ‘Anuar and PH’.