LONDON, June 12 (Bernama) -- "I am a true party (Umno) man" and not the son who destroys the party that his father has helped to set up in a move to gain control of it, said Umno Deputy President Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
The eldest son of Malaysia's second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein said he "believed the transfer of power (in Umno) should be done in the traditional, conventional way rather than by creating factions".
He said this during a question-and-answer session after delivering a talk on "Malaysia in the Face of New Gobal Challenges" at Chatham House, the home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, yesterday.
The talk was jointly organised by the institute and the Asean-United Kingdom Business Forum (AUBF).Najib, who is the Malaysian deputy prime minister, said this when asked by a participant why he had not taken over the leadership of the country after the poor performance of the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno in the recent general election.
The BN had failed to recapture Kelantan from PAS and lost Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor to the Pakatan Rakyat opposition alliance in the general election on March 8.
It also failed to garner a two-third majority in Parliament.Najib said people could give their views and that it was not a question of having courage or being a coward, but "it is just (that) as a person you have core values".
"And I believe what is important (is that) whatever position you take, it must be a core value personal to you.
"I come from a family where my father helped build the party, and I am not the son to destroy the party. I want to continue to build the party further," he said.
Najib said Umno was now at its lowest point and "if you create a serious fight for the leadership, Umno will be further weakened and not be able to face the challenges of (the next) general election".
"What is there in inheriting a position when you lose in the general election. I don't want to lead the party to defeat," he said. -- BERNAMA
(Lest you forget and with due respect, Dato Najib sir, your dad, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein & his faction in UMNO put subtle pressure on Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra to step down as Prime Minister after the May 13 Incident in 1969, imposed a State of Emergency, ruling by decree until 1970. On September 1970, Tun Razak succeeded Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra as the Prime Minister of Malaysia (read here ).
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Kak Ton,
When you have cupboards full of skeletons how can you fight anyone? He is in the worst dilemma lest people tighten the noose around his neck and he will be dead. His only hope now is for the person holding the noose to commit harakiri or be pressured by others to make way for him to take over the rein. Malaysia has no future in his hands.
Tok mommy,
It has nothing to do with him being a loyal party member.
Najib just has no balls.
He has always played safe and has never been known as a risk-taker, selalu ambil jalan selamat.
Yes Najib is a "party man"... What he meant was referred to party at high society clubs, wild party and all the parties that suit to his lifestyle.
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