PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad said Ambiga could not remain silent since she had a reputation as an activist who fought for integrity.
“If true, she must apologise,” Idris told reporters at Parliament House today.
“As a lawyer and one who fights for integrity, truth and clean elections, why has she suddenly become like this? What is her objective, her motive?” he asked.
Media reports yesterday said Clare, in her defence statement to a lawsuit filed in London by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, claimed she and Ambiga spoke about Najib, 1MDB and PAS in July 2016.
“Ambiga had told the defendant that her sources, whom she said were reliable, had estimated the amount that had been paid was around RM90 million,” said Clare in her affidavit dated Oct 11.
Clare’s defence was made in response to Hadi’s defamation suit against her filed in April this year.
Hadi claimed he had been defamed in a Sarawak Report article published on Aug 6, 2016.
The article “reckoned” that money was given to woo PAS to support Barisan Nasional.
Clare, in her affidavit, listed at least 10 PAS officials from its ulama wing who were alleged to have received the money sourced from 1MDB.
Idris, the Bukit Gantang MP, said Clare could secure documents on 1MDB, but in this issue only relied on a “rumour” from Ambiga.
Lending Idris support, PAS ulama wing information chief Khairuddin Aman Razali said Ambiga needed to give an explanation since the claim damaged her credibility.
“Who is Ambiga’s source? Was it her assumption or was there a credible source?” Khairuddin, the MP for Kuala Nerus, said to reporters.
“The terrible thing is that my name was mentioned. All rubbish! This is the work of unethical journalists.”
Meanwhile, Ambiga declined to comment on the issue when contacted.
“I cannot comment on an ongoing (legal) proceeding in a UK court,” she said.