SRC case: Najib should have stepped down, says prosecution
KUALA LUMPUR: Ad-hoc prosecutor Datuk V Sithambaram told the High Court here today that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should have stepped down from his post as the Finance Minister then to take responsibility over developments concerning the Minister of Finance Incorporated-owned SRC International Sdn Bhd.
Citing the Westminster model of governance, he said, the finance minister in-charge would have resigned if problems like the one surrounding SRC occurred.
Sithambaram : If something like this happened in the Westminster model of government, the finance minister would have resigned. Do you agree?
Najib: I disagree. I reserve my comment for later. Actually, I had lot to say… there were many examples that I could give.
Sithambaram: It’s okay sir. This is my case. Please don’t make a political speech.
Najib: You are the one suggesting it. So if an aeroplane goes missing, the minister of transport must resign? Ridiculous.
Sithambaram : Datuk Seri, I’m suggesting to you that you should take responsibility in this case.
Najib: Disagree.
The heated argument between the former prime minister and Sithambaram over the matter stopped after Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, who is presiding over the case, told them to move on to the next question.
Najib is making his defence on seven charges of misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International.
Bernama
