The Umno Deputy President continues to grow in popularity, unlike before, after rejecting the "story" on the RM2.6 billion political "donation" and being sacked as Deputy Prime Minister.
KUALA LUMPUR: If the “like” button in Facebook can be used as one measure of popularity, Umno Deputy President and sacked Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is seven times as popular as Umno President and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
“Muhyiddin remains overwhelmingly popular, compared with Najib, even when Umno Vice-President and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s ‘likes’ were added to Najib’s count,” said a political analyst in his latest blog posting.
Shahbudin Husin, the analyst, cited two examples of how popular, or rather unpopular, Najib was in the stakes.
The first example, he added, was Prophet Mohamad’s birthday on December 24, on Christmas Eve. The second, he said, was Christmas Day itself, December 25.
In their respective Facebook postings on the Prophet’s birthday, Najib had just 3,990 “likes” since Wednesday while Muhyiddin had 29,852 “likes” since Thursday, said Shahbuddin. “Najib had his Facebook posting a day earlier.”
On Christmas Day, said the analyst, Najib had 904 “likes” while Muhyiddin had 2, 620 “likes” within the first hour itself. “Zahid had a disappointing count on ‘like’ and it’s really embarassing to mention the count. It’s better that readers visit Facebook and see for themselves.”
“Zahid’s count can be seen from the fact that if the Deputy Prime Minister’s count was added to help his boss, Najib, it still doesn’t change the picture at all.”
“Muhyiddin was clearly the popular choice while Najib remains at the other end of the spectrum, still more unpopular than ever.”
There can be no clearer signal that Najib has become very unpopular, said the analyst. “It’s no longer speculation. No one is making up stories that Najib is unpopular. It’s a fact. The reality is the people are not with the Prime Minister.”
Najib’s supporters, noted Shahbudin, continue to be proud that he has been able to collect political “donations”. “The fact is that Muhyiddin, sacked for questioning the RM2.6 billion political ‘donation’ claim, was the one that has become hugely popular.”
The reading, said the analyst, is that no one buys the story that the RM2.6 billion was a political “donation”. “Muhyiddin rejected the story being put out and continues to be popular, even more than what he was before.”
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