Seri Perdana belongs to Umno?

By The Malaysian Insider

According to a report filed by the state news agency, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today met members of the Association of Former Members of Social Welfare Development and gave them an election pep talk. But what he said shows what hubris can do.

We hope that the Bernama reporter got it wrong; we dearly hope so.

According to a report filed by the state news agency, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today met members of the Association of Former Members of Social Welfare Development and gave them an election pep talk. But what he said shows what hubris can do.

He told them that they have to help Barisan Nasional (BN) defend Putrajaya. (Defend from whom exactly? The millions of illegal immigrants swarming the country or the legitimate Opposition who received the support of close to 50 per cent of Malaysians in West Malaysia?)

He then went on to say that Seri Perdana belongs to the Umno president and Barisan Nasional leader. Fact is, Seri Perdana, like the rest of Malaysia, belongs to Malaysians and we choose who occupies Seri Perdana.

Surely this prime minister, fresh from coming to terms with people power and bending to the will of the people in announcing the abolishment of the ISA, knows this fact well.

But it does appear that after being in power so long, small details seem to escape Umno leaders.

Like the fact that they serve us; that they don’t own us or any of the real estate. Putrajaya and Seri Perdana were built with public funds (even if it was Petronas that financed it), not with the subscriptions of Umno members.

This is what the Malaysian electorate must remember: the country belongs to us and we should put the most suitable people in Putrajaya.

Length of previous stay should not be a consideration.