PKR pounces on Najib's apology

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's apology over BN's past mistakes was meaningless unless he implements corrective measures.

At a ceramah in Sungai Petani last night, Saifuddin Nasution said among Najib's top priority now should be tackling graft and mismanagement of public funds, such as in the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) controversy.

Apology or not, Saifuddin said that punishment for BN leaders were in order and said should Pakatan Rakyat come to power, it will act on corrupt government officials who have abused their power.

"We will drag them one by one to be tried in the court of justice should we take over Putrajaya in this coming elections," he warned, while his crowd broke into rapturous applause.

Saifuddin was commenting on Najib's speaking to some 3,000 people who gathered at Taman Keladi in Merbok, Kedah.

Hours before the ceramah, Najib made his second public apology in six days over BN's follies which led to their defeats in Selangor and Kedah during the 2008 general election.

He said so the first time on Feb 26 in Port Klang, Selangor and again yesterday at Baling, Kedah.

Commenting on this, Saifuddin said although the voters in Selangor, Kedah and three other states had "punished" BN in 2008, the next general election is the opportunity to punish Najib.

Listing a litany of failures of the Najib administration, Saifuddin argued that the premier had yet to correct any of BN's mistakes after taking over in 2009.

"We have yet to punish Najib. We will do so in this coming general election," he said.