Opposition leaders are liars, only focus on achieving personal agendas – Umno debaters

(Bernama) — Debaters at the 2011 Umno General Assembly today continued hitting out at the opposition, describing them as liars who would continue ridiculing Barisan Nasional government and making baseless allegations against Umno leaders.

Datuk Hasnoor Sidang Husin from Melaka said the opposition were not voicing out the people’s problems, but merely cheating the people to achieve their personal agendas.

“They (opposition) demanded the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA) by manipulating democracy and the freedom of speech, but when the government announced that the ISA will be abolished, they did nothing to express their thanks or support to the Prime Minister,” he said debating the motion of thanks for the president’s speech.

He said the opposition would also continue making baseless allegations to create negative public perception on Umno and its leaders.

Datuk Wan Amizan Wan Abdul Razak from Pahang, on the other hand, said that the tactics used by the opposition to spread lies about Umno, if not tackled, would affect Umno’s chances to win the hearts of the people and ensure victory in the general election.

“The opposition has been spreading continuous lies about our president (Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak) and had also made numerous baseless allegations on his Haj pilgrimage,” he said.

As such, Wan Amizan said Umno members should rise and counter the allegations made against Umno and its leaders.

At the same time, he also called on Umno top leadership to avoid controversy as it could cause the people to lose faith in the party.

He said a controversy would also make it difficult for Umno members to explain the real situation to the people at the grassroot.