Is Najib undermining Muhyiddin?
Soi Lek was to be the ‘borrowed knife’ which Najib could use to inflict the wound on Muhyiddin. Soi Lek was strongly recommended by Tan Kay Hock, chairman of Johan Holdings Berhad.
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, Free Malaysia Today
It’s fast becoming a contest of who can inflict deeper wound and draw more blood.
Who inflicted the greater wound and drew more blood, is the question that is playing on my mind.
I refer to of course, what appears to be two top leaders working at cross purposes with each other.
Last year when Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin stated that he is Malay first and Malaysian second, it must have caused some embarrassment and left his boss Najib Tun Razak red-faced.
Prime Minister Najib is the chief promoter for ’1 Malaysia” the all inclusive ‘semua kasi taruh’ concept.
So Muhyiddin’s ‘Malay first’ stance must have been like a dagger pointed at Najib’s project.
But that difference is only at conceptual level. At that level much damage control can be applied to lessen the pain.
It’s only a difference in perception.
A lot must be brewing under the surface between the two and their eager and respective supporters.
Each leader is trying to elbow out the other in terms of acceptance and relevance.
Machiavellian intrigues
But while Muhyiddin’s misstep is only at conceptual level and drew negligible blood, Najib with his reservoir of power and surprises appears to have inflicted a deeper wound and more blood.
Or dare we say, purposeful Machiavellian intrigues.
Muhyiddin as DPM visited China recently.
On his agenda were negotiations with Chinese political and business leaders to seek possible endorsement of the parties who are going to participate in a lucrative double tracking project to Johor Baru.
Muhyiddin is from Johor and for those who have forgotten, he was once Johor Menteri Besar.
It was as such a fitting honour for the numero uno from Johor to negotiate on the project.
When Muhyiddin spoke about being Malay first and Malaysian second, he was embroiled in a confrontation with the MCA numero uno, also from Johor, Dr Chua Soi Lek.
Soi Lek was to be the ‘borrowed knife’ which Najib could use to inflict the wound on Muhyiddin.
Soi Lek was strongly recommended by Tan Kay Hock, chairman of Johan Holdings Berhad.
