Khairuddin made his remarks in criticism of the withdrawal of police outrider services for former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
It was reported yesterday that Mahathir will no longer have the privilege of having two police outriders to accompany his car when he travels.
One of Mahathir’s aides had confirmed the withdrawal of the privilege, effective yesterday.
Khairuddin demanded to know who was behind the decision to withdraw the outriders.
“Having police outriders is a constitutional privilege that is granted to any former PM. Why was this privilege withdrawn and what was the reason behind it?” he said in a Facebook posting today.
“If Abdullah Ahmad Badawi still has this privilege then it is rather strange and weird that Mahathir doesn’t.”
He maintained that privileges was the right of any former prime minister and should not be associated with one’s political stance.
“The government is asking everyone to respect the law based on the country’s constitution but at the same time they are not respecting it. The attitude of the current government is bizarre. If the government does not know how to respect the law, how do they expect people to support them?
“They should be rational and not emotional when administering justice based on the constitution of the country,” he said.