Two weeks after its creation, a petition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak managed to accumulate only 1,076 signatories as of this morning.
The petition, titled “RAKYAT not alone. Nab MUST GO!” was started in the petition platform change.org on April 25 by “Malaysians Must Speak Up”.
As of 11am today, the petition still required 424 signatures to reach the 1,500 mark.
The petition was among the host of growing voices demanding Najib’s resignation following a series of attacks and criticism aimed at him by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who had withdrawn his support for the Najib administration.
In recent months, Najib had been criticised over his personal wealth and the controversy surrounding his brainchild 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), which has accumulated a RM42 billion debt.
Dr Mahathir had also raised questions regarding the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006 by Najib’s former bodyguards.
“Since Najib, a prime minister and finance minister, had failed to answer queries over this scandal and appears to be diverting Malaysians to other self-generated issues and racial/religious controversies, we have no other option but to demand for his immediate resignation as prime minister,” the petition said.
The petition was started shortly after Dr Mahathir said that he felt he was alone in calling for Najib’s removal.
– TMI
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