Najib: I made it easy for Mukhriz
The Kedah Menteri Besar arrived at his current post through someone’s sacrifice, says the PM.
(Free Malaysia Today) – Prime Minister Najib Razak has reminded Mukhriz Mahathir that someone had to make a sacrifice to smoothen his way to becoming the Kedah Menteri Besar.
Opening the Alor Setar Umno annual meeting yeterday, Najib said it was he that made it easy for Mukhriz. This was an apparent response to Mukhriz’s speech in Jerlun on Saturday, when he urged the Umno leadership to revoke the decision to postpone party elections by 18 months.
Najib said the current Alor Setar Umno division chief, Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah, gracefully gave way when he said that he wanted Mukhriz as Menteri Besar.
“He did not protest or sulk,” he said. “He sacrificed his position as Kedah Umno liaison chief because I made a decision as party president.”
He also said it was unity in Umno that made it possble for Barisan Nasional to defeat PAS in Kedah in the last general election.
But he said he would not dwell on past wrongdoings. “I will not do it because I love Umno.”
