Mara will exist as long as Umno rules, PM vows

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has promised that Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) would continue to exist as long as Umno remains in power.

He even went a step further to equate Umno's survival to that of Mara's, and by extension, that of Malays.

“Mara is born from whose womb? Umno's. Without Umno, Mara would have never existed.

“So when (Rural and Regional Development Minister) Ismail Sabri Yaakob promised that Mara would continue to exist as long as the moon and the sun exists, I want to say that in actuality, Mara would continue exist as long as Umno remains in power on this blessed earth.

“Without Umno, Mara would be buried. If Mara is buried, the Malays are finished (tersungkur). The bumiputera are finished. That's why no matter what, we have to defend Umno,” he said in Kuala Lumpur today to mark Mara's 50th anniversary.

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-Mkini