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Certain heads must fall, warns Dr M
Published on 10 May 2018, 11:59 am | Modified on Today 2:48 am
GE14 | Dr Mahathir Mohamad, freshly installed as the country's seventh prime minister, has warned that changes are afoot among certain heads of government agencies and authorities.
"Certain heads must fall," he said in his maiden press conference after being sworn in before Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V during a ceremony at Istana Negara tonight.
"We find that some people were aiding and abetting a prime minister who the world condemned as a kleptocrat," stressed Mahathir.
The Harapan chairperson said this when asked whether the new government would introduce changes in agencies previously accused of acting on behalf of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's administration.
Mahathir was also joined by top Pakatan Harapan leaders including Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
As the former federal opposition, Harapan had accused Najib and BN of disrespecting principles surrounding separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial arms of the government.
Among others, Harapan leaders have accused the Election Commission of assisting BN in GE14 through its nationwide redelineation exercise and imposing various new rules supposedly intended to hamper their campaign.
Harapan had also accused the MACC and the Attorney-General's Chambers of selectively acting against the opposition and shielding those within BN, including Najib.