After Dr Mahathir’s sarcastic post, Najib asks if ‘Anak-anak Daddy’ party will be formed

Datuk Seri Najib Razak today appeared to riff on his political foe Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s sarcastic blog post earlier in the morning, by teasingly asking if a new party named “Anak-anak Daddy” is being established.

(MMO) – In a brief Facebook post, Najib wrote a short comment questioning if such purported “news” was legitimate.

“Good morning Malaysia. Heard that a new political party named ‘parti Anak-anak Daddy’ will be formed? Is this news authentic? Just asking,” the former prime minister and former Umno president wrote in Malay, with the name of the purported party roughly translating to “daddy’s children”.

Although Najib did not elaborate further, the name ‘parti Anak-anak Daddy’ shares the same initials as the acronym that Dr Mahathir gave in the latter’s blog post on a fictional and hypothetical party named “Parti AAD” or “Parti Apa Aku Dapat”.

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