Lawyer and Pahang PKR Deputy Chairman Ahmad Nizam Hamid says the American AG is a Cabinet member under the US Constitution.
PETALING JAYA: It is wrong for lawyer Wan Azmir Wan Majid to compare Attorney-General (AG) Apandi Ali to his American counterpart, Loretta Lynch, says PKR lawyer Ahmad Nizam Hamid.“To say US AG (Lynch) also appears together with President Barack Obama on the same stage (without anyone saying anything) is totally wrong.”
He said this in response to Wan Azmir’s statement today in Sinar Harian that calls for Apandi to step down for “dancing with ministers” is without basis.
Ahmad Nizam said under the American Constitution, their AG was a part of the presidential Cabinet and the position was appointed by the President.
“Our friend (Wan Azmir) does not understand the mechanisms of American administration,” he added.
Wan Azmir had told the Malay daily today that those who asked Apandi to step down showed they had nothing else better to pick on.
He said Lynch had appeared on the same stage with Obama but this did not mean they had shared interests.
In a 26-second video, Apandi was seen dancing with a few ministers, namely Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak, Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Maximus Ongkili as well as Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said and Nancy Shukri during a Merdeka Day parade.
Former Batu Kawan Umno Deputy Chief Khairuddin Abu Hassan had said Apandi should resign as Apandi had “crossed a professional and ethical line” by dancing publicly with Cabinet members.
He submitted memorandums to the AG’s Chambers and Prime Minister’s Office calling on Apandi to quit.
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