Pakatan needs a new narrative


Emmanuel Joseph

Former prime minister Najib Razak's visit to Penang recently highlights how Malaysians simply aren’t interested in politicking. The dwindling voter turnouts in successive elections and continual losses for the opposition is as much an indictment of local politics as it is indication of a resurgent Barisan Nasional. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 30, 2022.

THERE was plenty of reaction when former prime minister Najib Razak visited Penang last week. Pro-opposition social media users took to their timelines, berating his supporters and threatening host organisers and venues alike, shaming many of them into either apologising or denying they were involved.  

Najib’s association with 1MDB and his subsequent corruption conviction of the 42-million-ringgit case and ongoing trials have hogged the headlines for almost a year, before losing steam. 


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