Youth now see voting in Pakatan a mistake, says Najib

Timothy Achariam Timothy Achariam Updated 7 years ago · Published on 13 Apr 2019 11:14PM · 5 Comments

Former prime minister Najib Razak says BN's Rantau candidate is 'far superior' to Pakatan Harapan's. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, April 13, 2019.

YOUTH have realised their mistake in voting for Pakatan Harapan, said Najib Razak.

The former prime minister said Mohamad Hasan’s victory in Rantau tonight is another clear sign that people’s confidence in Barisan Nasional is growing after the 14th general election last May.

“It goes to show that there has been a shift at all levels since GE14, especially among youth who feel that they have made a mistake by voting PH,” he said at the vote-tallying centre after the results were announced.

He said during the by-election campaign, many Rantau folk voiced their dissatisfaction with the government over its frequently changing policies.

“The people are upset by the broken promises, poor economy, increased taxes, shortage of business opportunities and rising cost of living.”

The members of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s cabinet are also not well regarded by Malaysians, added Najib.

He described Mohamad as a “far superior” candidate to PH’s Dr S. Streram.

“It wouldn’t have made a difference if the PH candidate came to campaign, because the people already know that the BN candidate is far superior.

“It’s the quality of the candidate that counts, and the people of Rantau have chosen the right candidate.”

Among those present at the vote-tallying centre in support of Mohamad were Najib, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan and MCA president Wee Ka Siong.

Mohamad won with a 4,510-vote majority over Dr Streram and two independents.

It is BN’s third straight by-election win this year, after Cameron Highlands in January and Semenyih last month. – April 13, 2019.

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  • PH has to learn that they just cannot put any of their candidates that r not from the respective costituency.

    Posted 7 years ago by Richard Foo · Reply

  • pakatan no team work. infighting...wake up!

    Posted 7 years ago by . . · Reply

  • It was never a mistake to get rid of you Najib.

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysia Baru 09052018 · Reply

  • Rebuilding a nearly collapsed country is no mean job. Thanks to Najib. BN loss in GE14 is due to lanuns and nevertheless lanuns are still hailed as savers today. That's something very upside down within BN and we all still expect BN to go down the drain.

    Posted 7 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Youre partly correct. We expected them to put Najib Razak behind bars instead of sitting on their butts and let him go clowning around making a mockery of the people.

    Posted 7 years ago by Alex Lim · Reply