'Hyperactive' Mahathir, not Najib, leading BN's campaign

DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang said BN chairman Najib Razak is not in charge of charting the coalition’s campaign.

Instead, Lim observed that the current campaign is being helmed by former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“I particularly mention Mahathir as it is clear from the past 100 days that the longest-serving former Prime Minister has fully come out of the shadows to become the most powerful politician in UMNO – even more powerful than the current Prime Minister and UMNO President Najib – which is why Mahathir could publicly issue the ultimatum that Najib will have to give way to Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister if Najib failed to achieve a better results for UMNO/BN than in the 2008 general elections,” said Lim, who was the parliamentary opposition leader during the former UMNO strongman's reign.

Lim said Mahathir’s doomsday prediction on Najib should not be taken lightly judging from how he had pushed out Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from office following the latter's snubbing of his pet projects.

Lim concluded that Najib's silence over Mahathir's public remarks endorsing right-wing BN ally Perkasa showed the UMNO president's fear of his mentor.

Mahathir recently said that Malaysia would be safer if there were more people like Ibrahim Ali, the Perkasa chief.

Mahathir’s hyperactivity, said Lim, has turned the coming general election into a double referendum on Najib’s four-year premiership and his national transformation agenda as well as on Mahathir’s 22-year record in running the country.

-harakahdaily