Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has laughed off speculation that he will announce the dissolution of the Parliament today, as 11 is his auspicious number.Speaking to reporters after chairing a BN supreme council meeting this evening, Najib said the day has almost gone, and Parliament had not been dissolved.
"As you can see, Parliament is not dissolved yet and we are discussing today about strengthening the Barisan Nasional coalition," he said, laughing.
The number 11 has a big role in Najib's life as he is the Orang Kaya 11 Pahang, a position he took on after the death of his father, second prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein.
Speculation has been rife that Najib would call for Parliament to be dissolved today as the date is Nov 11, 2011, and 11 is his favourite number.
Najib, who is also Umno president said there was also no discussion at today's meeting on the allocation of seats among component parties - which had also been highly speculated.
He also denied that there was any discussion today among the BN component party leaders on the possibility of deciding an election date.
Speculation remains that the 13th general election will be called sometime in the earlier part of next year.
'MCA's view not BN's position'
Najib was also asked about the BN's position on the view of MCA, presented to the parliamentary select committee on electoral reform this morning that the party does not support the proposal that Malaysians living abroad be allowed to vote.
"MCA may have a differing view, as its view is in terms of the difficulty of logistics. However, this does not mean that it is the view of BN.
"BN is not opposed to it, but wants to highlight the problems," he said.
Asked to comment on a book, Kesilapan-kesilapan Najib, that calls on him to resign before the next general election is called, the prime minister said he did not want to comment on it.
"There are a lot of books (tak usahlah)... what for you give prominence to this book?" he said. "We do not have the time and day for books like this."
The author, former Wangsa Maju Umno leader Shahbudin Husin, lists Najib's "mistakes" in the book and calls on him to resign from Umno and as prime minister before the next general election.
The prime minister also said he does not know of any Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigation against national oil corporation Petronas.
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