Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor will be called in to mediate between Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, following the latter's blog posting slamming the Najib administration today. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, April 2, 2015.Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim will ask the Umno secretary-general to mediate between Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, after the former prime minister today delivered his harshest criticism yet against Najib.
"I care for him, and I will never stop loving him," said Shahidan of Dr Mahathir, who is still revered by Umno members.
"But matters related to party should not be discussed openly but done behind closed doors. I will request the secretary-general to take the effort to resolve this ongoing polemic," he said at the parliament lobby today, referring to Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
Shahidan, who is the minister in the Prime Minister's Department, said Dr Mahathir was usually very careful in his writings and always backed it with facts.
On his blog today, Dr Mahathir said Malaysians do not trust Najib and predicted that Barisan Nasional (BN) woud lose the next polls if he remained in power.
Dr Mahathir, who was prime minister for 22 years, had withdrawn his support for Najib last year over policy differences and had said the prime minister should resign.
Dr Mahathir was the prime minister until 2003 when he handed over the reins to Najib's predecessor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
"Malaysians, whether Malays, Chinese, India or the people in Sabah and Sarawak no longer trust Datuk Seri Najib. Umno members and their leaders must realise that Umno and with it, BN, will lose if Datuk Seri Najib leads Umno to GE14.
"When Umno loses, the Malays will curse the leadership which has made the party so weak until it is rejected by the Malays themselves. Once Umno loses, it cannot be rehabilitated any more," he wrote.
In the lengthy post, the statesman listed down various allegations made against Najib and wrote that none of them had been adequately answered.
These included the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu and the claims made by one of her convicted murderers, former commando Sirul Azhar Umar, who was a former bodyguard of Najib.
He also delved into the problems surrounding Finance Ministry-owned 1Malaysia Development Bhd, questioning the need for Putrajaya to give it a standby credit facility of almost RM1 billion, the fund's purchase of government land and its dubious deal with little-known oil company, PetroSaudi International.
He then questioned the source of fund for Najib's stepson Riza Aziz to purchase luxury properties in New York through businessman Low Taek Jho.
He also did not spare mention of the new private jet purchased for Najib, describing it as a "waste" since the government already had other jets to use.
- TMI
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.