Biggest success is protecting country and people from financial crisis, says PM Najib

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today protecting the country and people from the world financial crisis is one of his biggest successes this year.

He said the success was not a minor achievement as many countries in the world were in a state of uncertainty as the global economy plunged while our country achieved a moderate high growth rate.

“That’s not all, we are also received lot of recognition at international level... because in a world facing challenging external factors, we achieved commendable growth.

“In addition to the country’s development and championing the people, the socio-economic and transformation agenda of the country run smoothly and effectively,” Najib(picture) said at the Prime Minister’s Department monthly assembly here.

He said the country’s success could be seen when representing the country at international conferences as leaders of other countries study and listen to his speech as he was speaking for a successful country. 

“It is a major success which all of us can be proud of because it is not my success alone but of all of us collectively,” he said. 

In this context, the prime minister recorded his thanks to the public service officers who had helped the government attain the globally-recognised success, and expressed the hope that the momentum would continue.

At the same time, he said, it was hoped that the developments in Palestine would be taken as a lesson, that unless the peace and stability of a country were safeguarded well, the country might lose everything.

“It is not only that we will not be able to bring further progress, development and renewal, but whatever we have achieved and nurtured may be destroyed.

“It is also necessary to fortify our resilience against the known or unknown enemy as failure to do so may cause the country and people to become victims of those people uncomfortable with us or who have the desire to conquer or dominate us,” he said at the event where he also launched a ministry-level fund Tabung Tangisan Gaza to aid the Palestinians.

The prime minister also said that in international politics, the influence of a country depended on the perception of other countries as to its success. 

If Malaysia wanted a higher profile, to be respected and revered by other countries, it would have to demonstrate and portray itself as an increasingly successful nation, he said. — Bernama