BN not driving country broke, says Muhyiddin

Long lines of people queue up to collect their BR1M vouchers in Puchong, February 22, 2013. — Picture by Choo Choy May

TENOM, Feb 22 — Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has lashed out at Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for misleading the people into believing that the Barisan Nasional (BN)-led federal government was going bankrupt.

“Opposition Leader Anwar said the BN government is going bankrupt, and when the prime minister decided on the 1 Malaysia People’s Assistance (BR1M), he said the government would definitely be bankrupt.

“On the contrary, the country is financially solid and recorded an economic growth of 5.6 per cent last year. Hence, don’t be swayed by such fickle claims,” Muhyiddin said in his address at meet-the-people session at Dewan Sri Antanom, here today, which was also attended by Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and other state leaders.

He noted that Anwar’s ‘bankrupt’ statement had been posted on YouTube, complete with “data”.

“We scrutinised the data and found them to be lies and fabrications,” he said.

Muhyiddin said the people should not support or leave any room for the opposition to manoeuvre in their power bid through the 13th general election.

“We want to ensure that the government’s efforts including the transformation initiatives introduced by the prime minister for the people would not be in vain,” he said.

The deputy prime minister expressed confidence that Sabah would be instrumental in BN’s victory in the election. — Bernama