Baru appalled by Najib’s hollow platitudes
Baru Bian
Baru, who is state PKR chairman, said Najib’s latest advice about not making 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) a political football would be funny if it were not so offensive.
“How can the public have any confidence in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigations into 1MDB when Najib has stymied the PAC hearings by removing the chairman of the committee and replaced the Attorney General?
“This new Attorney General has shown himself to be an Umno man by his refusal to accept Bank Negara’s recommendations on 1MDB and insisting that 1MDB has done nothing wrong,” he said in a press statement yesterday.
Baru said there is now concern that Najib is trying to interfere with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)’s insistence on compliance with financial rules and regulations and demanding answers from 1MDB.
“As pointed out by the BNM governor, an international task force called the Financial Action Task Force is also probing 1MDB’s affairs. The people of Malaysia are entitled to know the truth about Najib and why
1MDB is mired in astronomical debts, not to mention the RM2.6 billion that ended up in Najib’s personal bank account. “
As for Najib’s *claimed that they were democratically elected, Baru said the former must not forget that 52 per cent of the population voted for the opposition in the last general election.
“The rakyat did not choose him to be the Prime Minister of this country, unlike the Presidents of the USA and Philippines. Even his party leaders and members have lost confidence in him and are demanding answers from him. Here is a prime minister and party leader who feels that he is above the principles of accountability and transparency.”
On yesterday’s papers carrying a report that Najib had finally said that Malaysian Chinese are not ‘Pendatang’, Baru questioned Najib why did he said this at Gerakan’s conference and at Christian gatherings but not at the Umno General Assembly, or at any of the Umno division meetings?
“Why does he not say these things to Perkasa’s face? Why does he let Malay supremacist groups spout their hateful prejudices? He should have the courage to choose the correct audience for his ‘Chinese are not Pendatang’ remarks. But Malaysians already know that to wait for him to show courage would be an exercise in futility.”
Baru said Najib’s attempt to portray himself as a moderate and democracy-loving prime minister might have fooled some Western countries, but he had shown himself to be a hypocrite in Malaysia.
“His words and actions have no consistency, and his audience-selective platitudes ring hollow. Najib is an embarrassment and a liability to Malaysia, and he must go.”
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My comments:
From his reactions towards different colours and situations, Najib shows his true self openly to all for perusal and cross-examinations. No one in his right mind will take his words seriously anymore. No! He is too 'playful' as PM to be trusted.
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