KUALA LUMPUR: A Bersatu member of parliament has condemned the use of the term “Dajjal” against 13 lawmakers who signed a Confidence and Supply Agreement (CSA) with the government.
Datuk Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah (PN-Langkawi), one of the signatories, questioned how national unity could be achieved when opposition MPs seeking cooperation were subjected to such labels.
“How can we achieve national unity when we (opposition MPs) who signed the agreement are called Dajjal? This is deeply saddening.
“Yesterday, when I returned home, my children asked me about Dajjal. I told them, ‘God knows best. I am still studying what Dajjal means,” he said while debating the 2027 Budget at the committee stage for the National Unity Ministry in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Suhaimi was referring to remarks by Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, who yesterday likened the CSA to the deception of Dajjal.
Hadi claimed the agreement reflected an attempt to use political power to pressure lawmakers into supporting the government.
He argued that the government should serve all Malaysians without requiring opposition MPs to sign agreements.
The CSA was signed on Oct 29 by 13 opposition and independent MPs, comprising six Bersatu lawmakers led by party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, six former Bersatu MPs and Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman.
Under the agreement, the lawmakers will support the government and the 2027 Budget until the end of the parliamentary term in exchange for constituency development allocations on par with government backbenchers.
The agreement also provides for two institutional reforms — limiting the prime minister’s tenure to two terms and separating the roles of the attorney-general and public prosecutor.
Earlier, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said described Hadi’s remarks as excessive.
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She said political disagreements should not involve extreme religious terminology.
Melaka Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Adly Zahari, meanwhile, challenged Hadi to debate the CSA’s provisions instead of resorting to religious labels.
Adly said criticism should be based on the agreement’s contents rather than accusations.
He cited the memorandum of understanding on political transformation and stability signed between former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s administration and PH on Sept 13, 2021, as an example of cooperation across political divides.
He said Pas secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan had previously welcomed such cooperation as beneficial to the country.
“If there are unfair clauses in the CSA, identify them. If the people’s rights are being denied, provide the evidence,” he said.