The elephant in BN's room: No Najib, don't be rude - it's not Rosmah, it's not perception either!

The Government needs to learn how to better deal with negative perceptions perpetuated online against it, said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

He said it must address this "weakness" as many among the public have been misled by concerted efforts to discredit the Barisan Nasional-led administration.

"Perception can be formed in many ways. Maybe not through face-to-face meetings, but through Facebook," he added.

However, the PM should quickly acknowledge that perception is not the only problem for BN. Perception cannot be created in a vacuum. It can only be created from a silly action, overzealous behaviour, a bad policy, a mediocre leadership and a spiteful speech.

No doubt the Opposition is very good at tarnishing the image of his administration but they would not have been so successful if his government respects the rule of law, makes responsible policies and policy decisions, appoints the right officers and leaders, upholds the highest integrity in political leadership and focuses on good governance.

From Lynas, Scorpene, PKFZ to NFC, the Najib administration has not been able to provide a closure to any of them. These cases were further garnished with custodial deaths, institutional corruption, overzealous racially hyper strung party-controlled media and a sheer disrespect for the people when ruling politicians abused their power. The recent ban on PKR's Nurul Izzah to enter Sabah is a case example.

If Najib cannot change and correct these weaknesses, his administration is going to face the face or worse defeat in the 14th GE. The verdict is already out there.

However, in the interest of promoting and supporting a two-party system I hope the PM will gather enough political will to go for a dramatic and significant overhaul of his party and coalition. My stand on supporting good candidates still stand. Similarly, I would like to call out to him to appoint and attract more good people into his government.

The Opposition thrives on running down his good reform measures but he must be headstrong to go ahead with them regardless. They will amplified by 1000 times his weaknesses and missteps. This is a new reality in the Malaysian politics.

It is going to get harder if Najib misses the elephant in the room again.

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