Opposition rubbishes Najib’s soared support after GE
Najib has failed to discharge his duty to lead the country post 13th General Election, a DAP parliamentarian points out.
Leven Woon, FMT
Opposition members today rebutted that the popularity of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has soared after the 13th General Election, pointing out that Najib has in fact shown no style in his leadership since May.
Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Rawa Yusof and Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong shared the view that Najib has failed to respond promptly and lay out solutions when the country underwent several crisis.
“For examples, he is not prepared to deal with the surging crime rate, and he allows people to talk about re-introducing the Emergency Ordinance,” Liew said, in reference to the repealed law that permits detention without trial.
“He is supposed to find new ways of dealing with things, but he is just hanging around.
“Governing is something you cannot hide. If you don’t govern, things wouldn’t be right,” he said.
Sabah speaker Salleh Said Keruak yesterday told national news agency Bernama that Najib’s popularity continued to rise after he led Umno in increasing the number of parliamentary seats.
This was evident by the increase in the number of parliamentary seats won by the party from 79 in the 12th General Election in 2008 to 88 seats in the 13th GE.
“Compared to the opposition’s 89 seats, Umno as a single party alone could match the combined number of seats garnered by the three opposition parties (DAP, PKR and PAS),” he has said.
Commenting on this, Mujahid said a recent study done by pollster Merdeka Center has revealed that BN indeed won the elections purely on advanced and postal votes.
“Lip service”
The Merdeka Centre study indicated that advance and postal votes alone contributed to BN’s victory in 22 parliamentary seats. Without these 22 seats, BN would have tied with opposition, Pakatan at 111 seats.
It also claimed that two MIC ministers – S.Subramaniam and G. Palanivel – would have lost their parliamentary seats in Segamat and Cameron Highlands respectively without the advance and postal votes.
