Are you ready for BN? Was it a Yes or No?
A Gerakan leader says the crowd at the BN open house roared ‘yes’ and not ‘no’ in response to the prime minister’s question.
Athi Shankar, FMT
Two video clips have emerged on cyber space this week showing different versions of the crowd’s response to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s question: “Are you ready for BN?” at the state Barisan Nasional Chinese New Year open house on Sunday.
In one clip, which was the first to go viral since late Sunday, the crowd shouted “No” thrice when repeatedly posed the question. In the other video, which emerged on Monday, the crowd was heard responding with a big “Yes”.
In both video clips however, the crowd screamed “Yes” when Najib asked: “Are you ready for Psy?”
The open house featured South Korean singing sensation Psy’s live performance on his “Opah Gangnam Style” hit.
The interesting question now is which video is genuine?
As expected, BN critics have used the first video clip to hit out at Najib, claiming that the people have overwhelmingly rejected BN.
Critics had described the crowd’s resounding “No” as a public vote of no confidence for the ruling coalition.
However, local Gerakan leader Wong Mun Hoe hit back at critics claiming that the “No” video clip (below) could just be a make-believe recording by BN’s rivals to hoodwink the public.
The state Gerakan vice-chairman, who attended the open house, said like many others, he did not hear the crowd roaring “No”.
He insisted that the crowd actually roared a big “Yes” when Najib asked the question.
Wong admitted that there were some shouts of “No” but it was drowned by a loud roar of “Yes”.
