Stop lying about real situation in country, ex-EC chief tells Najib
Musliza Mustafa, The Malaysian Insider
Without mincing his words, former Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to stop lying to the public about the real situation in the country.
“Please stop lying to the rakyat and go do your work. Please also tell the Malay leaders to be honest and do whatever they can (to help the Malays),” said Abdul Rashid, a Perkasa vice-president, at the Malay rights group’s annual general meeting today.
Abdul Rashid said he did not mind if Umno supporters were to get upset with him for openly criticising Najib, saying he had nothing to hide.
“Now, I am very loud in criticising people but no one dares to come to me and criticise me because I do not take a percentage or steal other people’s money. I have nothing to hide,” said Abdul Rashid, adding that he had confronted Najib before on previous occasions.
“I told him right to his face. I also told him that if he doesn’t like me he could just demote me but instead of demoting me, I was promoted,” said the retired election commissioner, who managed six of Malaysia’s general elections.
He was the commission’s secretary from 1979 and its chairman from 2000 to 2008.
Abdul Rashid said that whatever suggestions made at the Perkasa annual meeting today would not “go anywhere” as “the corrupt are not going to listen”.
“They (Umno) are afraid that they will lose in the general election. I said they are not, but we will have lots of challenges,” said Abdul Rashid.
He also suggested today that Perkasa ought to become a political party to rule the country, as it was the only way to ensure that the country would be led by the “right people”.
