BARISAN Nasional (BN) will not take revenge against opposition leaders by dragging them to court if it comes back to power by winning the upcoming general election, its chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.  

Citing all the court charges leveled against BN leaders after Pakatan Harapan (PH) won the last general election, Zahid said that the coalition would not act with such political motivation if they won the next election.  

“I have promised that I will not take revenge. We are not vindictive; we do not take revenge if we win. 

“We feel that politics and victory is not about (being) vindictive. It is not about taking revenge on other people or taking revenge on your rivals,” the Umno president said when speaking at MIC’s annual general assembly.  

Zahid added that never in BN’s history has it acted with the motive to enact revenge against their rivals.  

“Never in BN history have we taken revenge against our political rivals,” the Bagan Datuk MP said.

Taking a swipe at former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Zahid expressed his disappointment at how the PH government was vindictive against BN leaders, levelling countless charges against them. 

Zahid said BN leaders have been punished by the “court of public opinion”. 

“We do not want to challenge the judicial system but we want to challenge political charges. We challenge the selective prosecution (against us) because they (PH) are vindictive against BN leaders. 

“I was victimised, Bossku (Najib Razak) was victimised and now he is in (jail). 

“What we want is justice but this was the result of the defeat we experienced in GE14,” he said. 

Zahid expressed his relief after the Shah Alam High Court acquitted him of all 40 charges in his foreign visa system case.

“God is great and the truth eventually prevailed. 

“Forty charges against me in Shah Alam court but these are not the only charges. I still have another 47 waiting,” he said. 

Zahid also warned that other BN leaders could be targeted by PH if they do not claim Putrajaya. 

“Tok Mat (Mohamad Hasan), you are on the waiting list. Vicky (Vigneswaran Sanasee) don’t laugh, you are also included.

“What more Saravanan, Wee Ka Siong, you’ll be charged as well. Hisham (Hishammuddin Hussein), don’t smile,” Zahid joked, adding that to avoid such a situation, BN must win handsomely in this upcoming general election. 

Zahid said the coalition will become a “government for all” if BN wins the elections. – October 10, 2022.