Azalina: Don’t be spellbound by ex-leaders’ stories

Minister questions why some of those in the Public Accounts Committee had now rejected their own decisions.

KOTA TINGGI: A cabinet minister has reminded the public not to be spellbound with the words of former leaders who intended to create chaos in the country by bringing in foreign elements.

Azalina Othman, who handles legal affairs as minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said the public should exercise wisdom in valuing allegations against Prime Minister, Najib Razak, and the movements to bring him down.

“Like in the issue of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad, I do not understand why there were some in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) who had rejected their own decision in total. They talk as though the statement by outsiders like the United States Attorney-General was more brilliant than that of the PAC chairman himself,” she said.

“It looked like these people have no other decision than to resort to foreign countries. To the PAC members, if you have no confidence with the PAC, it is better to just resign from your position,” she said.

Azalina spoke to reporters while attending Aidilfitri celebrations for her Pengerang constituency last night, which was attended by more than 15,000 people.

She hoped the people in her area would not be not easily influenced by allegations and assumptions being made about on various issues regarding Pengerang.

Those who spread the allegations were not local people who knew better about the area, she said.

Pengerang people were not being marginalised or denied aid, she said and pointed out that the RAPID project, an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, would bring development to the area.