PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin questioned if voters would trust a Ahmad Zahid Hamidi-led Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next general election following the scandal surrounding the purchase of six littoral combat ships.
This is especially so after the Umno president allegedly ignored issues raised by former navy chief Abdul Aziz Jaafar, Muhyiddin said.
Aziz, the former prime minister said, had written five letters detailing his concerns to Zahid who was the then defence minister.
“Is this the leader that will lead BN in GE15 and can the public trust the coalition?” he asked in a Facebook post this evening.
Zahid recently denied any involvement in the scandal, saying the contract for the purchase of the LCS was only awarded after his tenure as defence minister.
Last week, Public Accounts Committee chairman Wong Kah Woh said the defence ministry and Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) had ignored the navy’s views on the design of the ships.
He also said not a single ship had been completed although Putrajaya had spent RM6 billion on the project, which was given to BNS via direct negotiations.
He added that the navy should have received five of the ships by August this year.
Muhyiddin urged the government to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the matter.
He is the latest to make the call, following similar calls by Umno Youth, Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan and DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang.
