Claiming that all avenues with regards to grievances against Prime Minister Najib Razak for redress were now no longer available to Malaysians, Mahathir alleged that the last resort was through extraordinary means.

“Hence the Citizens’ Declaration on saving Malaysia and the appeal to the Rulers to intervene,” the former prime minister said in his blog today.

However, Mahathir noted that there was no provision for intervention by the Rulers.

Nevertheless, he said there were ways and means for the Rulers to save the country from what he claimed were “abuses of power by Prime Minister Najib”.

Stating how the people looked up to the Rulers to save the country, he expressed his confidence that the Rulers would not fail the rakyat.

Dr Mahathir’s latest salvo against Najib is a repeat of his former allegations and claims that Najib appears to be above the laws of the country.

“The prime minister seems to exercise power over all three,” Mahathir said, referring to the legislative, executive and judiciary, further claiming that the separation of powers between the three were not respected any more.

In his blog post, Mahathir again rehashed the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue, claiming that Najib had created a national wealth fund from borrowed money.

“Now the government is in debt totalling RM50 billion,” the former premier claimed, alleging that 1MDB was unable to pay a USD2 billion dollar interest on the debt.