No country in the world wants a 93-year-old leader, says Najib

Jason Santos Jason Santos Updated 6 years ago · Published on 19 Jan 2018 2:19PM · 14 Comments

Prime Minister Najib Razak says no country in the world would want a 93-year-old leader, referring to Pakatan's decision to name Dr Mahathir Mohamad as its prime minister designate. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, January 19, 2018.

NO country in the world would want a 93-year-old as leader, not even Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Najib Razak said today in a growing war of words with the opposition ahead of the 14th general election

Commenting on Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) pick of its chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad as its prime minister designate, Najib questioned whether Malaysians would want a nonagenarian to lead the country.

“There are still those who still want a retired 93-year-old to become prime minister. No country would want this. Not even Zimbabwe,” said Najib, to a crowd of 10,000 people in Nabawan, Sabah, where he opened a new health centre and attended a meet-the-people session at the town square.

Najib is on a two-day visit to Sabah – one of two Bornean states widely regarded as the ruling Barisan Nasional’s “fixed deposit” of votes – and is scheduled to open a new secondary school at Kota Marudu later.

Najib was referring to another 93-year-old leader, Zimbabwe’s recently ousted president Robert Mugabe.

“Can they (PH) match the development brought by Barisan Nasional?” he said.

Najib said it was BN that brought progress to the country and especially to Sabah, where he said billions of ringgit had been poured in to ensure the state could keep pace with developments in Peninsular Malaysia.

He recounted the initiatives he had brought when he first became prime minister in 2009, such as the Pan-Borneo Highway (RM13 billion for the first phase), the Nabawan health facility that included staff quarters (RM59 million), Tanjung Aru Eco Development (RM500 million) and the Sabah International Convention Centre (RM250 million), as well as RM1 billion to upgrade dilapidated schools with the Industrial building system (IBS).

He vowed to approve more allocations for Sabah if BN was again given the mandate to govern.

“We must look forward. We must look 30 years from now to my National Transformation programme, which is all done for the future generations.

“Not even (Dr Mahathir) in his 22-years as prime minister had approved so much development for Sabah like I have since I become the prime minister,” he said.

Najib today approved RM3 million for the construction of PPRT units in Pensiangan and instructed the health ministry to produce a study paper on opening a haemodialysis centre in Nabawan. – January 19, 2018.

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  • Better to get a 93 years old than a..............

    Posted 6 years ago by Can Lim · Reply

  • No country in the world wants a thief either.

    Posted 6 years ago by Xuz ZG · Reply

  • i think mugabes ouster is not related to his age. any statistical data on why people thought he was ousted
    quite difficult to compare quantum spent but % of budgetary allocation. can someone enlighten us.
    BN should not take credit for government initiatives as they are the executive branch of government

    Posted 6 years ago by Satkunabalan K Sabaratnam · Reply

  • No country can survive a crook as a PM, and one with a fake resume, they are dead already.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • No country want a kleptocrat either.

    Posted 6 years ago by Ali Along · Reply

  • I am most certainly NOT a fan of Mahathir. I am not alone. HIs track record and history of absues is indelibly etched in my mind.

    BUT, I will support his role in Pakatan Harapan, and hope that the coalition wins GE14.

    Why? Becauae under Najib, Malaysia has become the worst kleptocracy in the world, with the MO1 being directly implicated. And however much I detest Mahathir, I detest Najib more.

    Najib is himself responsible for the 93 year old being in contention to become PM once again. What an "achievement".

    Posted 6 years ago by K TWong · Reply

  • Between a 93 year old and one who plunder, I fenitely go for the former

    Posted 6 years ago by Harytan456 Tan · Reply

  • It is more dangerous to have young crooked PM who can last a long time in office, than an old PM who would not last that long, assuming they are both unwelcomed.

    Posted 6 years ago by Meng Kow Loh · Reply

  • Welcome IBS 2018

    Posted 6 years ago by Teow beng hur · Reply

  • Please understand how desperate we need to get rid of the kleptocratic BN.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Each time a sitting PM ploughs a below the belt punch at his predecessor, he keeps losing points. Poor Najib, he must be surrounded by advisors and speech writers who are lost for ideas to save their pay master.

    Posted 6 years ago by JD Lovrenciear · Reply

  • Liberty and justice knows no age. Plus a kleptocrat never changes its spot. Still offering money to elected officials to jump ship.. Not knowing that the people will eat those who turn to frogs.

    Posted 5 years ago by Putang Inang · Reply

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