Najib wants to be a 'constructive' opposition MP in Parliament

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 7 years ago · Published on 16 Jul 2018 3:38PM · 9 Comments

The former Umno president says Pakatan Harapan always blamed Barisan Nasional for the country’s problems before they formed the government, and that he now wants to see how PH handles criticism. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, July 16, 2018.

DEFEATED prime minister Najib Razak wants to be a “constructive” opposition lawmaker against the Pakatan Harapan government.

The Pekan MP said he wanted to serve the people and practise healthy democracy for Malaysia’s sake.

“I want to serve the people, be a constructive opposition member that develops, and play a role in the nation’s democracy,” Najib told reporters in the Parliament lobby today.

The former Umno president said PH always blamed Barisan Nasional for the country’s problems before they formed the government, and that he now wanted to see how PH handled criticism.

“When we were in government, they always blamed us. Now is their chance. They should allow us to speak up,” Najib said.

He complained the government was being unfair towards the opposition, as they did not allow them to protest in the chamber.

“We were opposing them for not following the Standing Orders, but the BN MPs were not given a chance to voice this,” Najib said.

Earlier today, opposition MPs, including PAS, left the Dewan Rakyat, after they disagreed with the naming of Mohd Ariff Md Yusof as speaker.

They claimed that PH breached the parliamentary Standing Orders and also the coalition’s own manifesto, which says a sitting MP should be speaker.

Najib insisted that PH should follow the “rule of law” and the opposition was holding them to the promises they made before taking over the government.

“It is a principle we will defend in the context of the rule of law, and we want the current government to deliver what has been promised to Malaysians.” – July 16, 2018.

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  • The answer is to publish all notifications to the Parliament secretariat so that this sort of accusation can be nipped in the bud. I have to say PH managed the communications on this very badly. Made the DPM look a fool in declaring announcements that were never made.

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply

  • The answer is to publish all notifications to the Parliament secretariat so that this sort of accusation can be nipped in the bud. I have to say PH managed the communications on this very badly. Made the DPM look a fool in declaring announcements that were never made.

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply

  • The answer is to publish all notifications to the Parliament secretariat so that this sort of accusation can be nipped in the bud. I have to say PH managed the communications on this very badly. Made the DPM look a fool in declaring announcements that were never made.

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply

  • The answer is to publish all notifications to the Parliament secretariat so that this sort of accusation can be nipped in the bud. I have to say PH managed the communications on this very badly. Made the DPM look a fool in declaring announcements that were never made.

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysia New hope · Reply

  • The way you behave in parliament today means you are a moron.

    Posted 7 years ago by Awang Bilis · Reply

  • Bull shit! You serve your selfish ego and kleptomaniac self-absorbed of an existence in this country lah.

    Posted 7 years ago by Ryan Li · Reply

    • He things he is still the PRESIDENT of UMNO.

      Posted 7 years ago by Musa A Rahman · Reply

  • I think he has realised that before GE14 he was destrctive to Malaysians.

    Posted 7 years ago by Musa A Rahman · Reply

  • I think constructive kleptocrat is better. Next Sg. Buloh prison

    Posted 7 years ago by Tam Yan Cheng · Reply