Najib tells Ambiga: We'll keep our claws

Prime Minister Najib Razak today launched a scathing attack on Bersih chairperson S Ambiga at a gathering in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan today.

He said that Ambiga must realise that the people support the struggles and policies of BN and they do not side with the opposition on the planned July 9 rally.

"Ambiga should not think herself so strong. We will not budge at all in fighting for the truth. We will keep our claws," he said at the gathering.

More than 20,000 people turned up for a meeting with the prime minister at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Aman in Kampung Tok Nik - which Najib said was a clear indication of their
support for Umno and their opposition to the Bersih rally.

If the attendance for a function organised in an opposition-held state was so high, the support in states under BN rule was certain to be greater still, said Najib.

According to Najib, the organisers of the Bersih rally claimed that their aim was to reform the electoral system, but could not explain why PAS was able to hold power in Kelantan for 21 years now.

And in the 2008 general election, he noted, the opposition held on to Kelantan and captured Perak, Penang, Kedah and Selangor.

Najib said that all this showed that Malaysia was a democratic country and not at all like Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt where the government claimed 95 percent of the votes and ruled for 30 years.

In Malaysia, the ruling party only obtained a simple majority in the last national polls and it changed its leaders, he said.

Ambiga wants to ruin it all

Najib said that BN would not send its supporters in Pasir Puteh to Kuala Lumpur to clash with people involved with the Bersih assembly despite their large number.

To do so would cause chaos which could affect economic stability and the progress that BN leaders had brought to the nation through the years, he said.

"We have been building this nation for so long. We do it peacefully. Ambiga wants to ruin all this," he said.

Najib said the wind of change was sweeping through Kelantan as attested to by the large number of people at the gathering.

He promised that BN would bring development to Kelantan if voted to power in the state.

Also present were Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed, Defence Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen and Deputy Finance Minister senator Dr Awang Adek Hussin.