Who would forget the "shit, shit, shit" Al-Jazeera interview? In full view of international audience, Perkasa's real ugly, uncouth, unrefined and even uncivilised nature reveal itself. It is comical. And it is tragic. It is tragic because the international community may think - and I am sure they do think - that Malaysians in general are as uncouth as these Perkasa creatures. And that my friends, is a insult to Malaysia and to all Malaysians.
By Art Harun
I refer to a post at Rocky's Bru titled "The irrational fear of Perkasa".
Perkasa.
What does that name evoke? Fear? Unlikely.
To me and many others, that name is almost comical and tragic at the same time, quite in the same mould as Roberto Benigni's "Life is beautiful," only that the later was poignant and sorrowful, rather than tragic.
Perkasa is comical in the way it - through its leader, Dato' Ibrahim Ali and its various extras whose names I do not even care to remember - went around calling people who do not agree with its views names. YB Khairy Jamaludin knows about this well. Minister Nazri also knows about this very well.
Whenever Perkasa's views are opposed or critisised, Perkasa has been unable to counter such oppositions or critics. When Perkasa cannot rebut another's opinion, what would it do? Yes. It will attack the person who expresses the opinion rather than the opinion itself.
And so, Khairy Jamaludin was a “stupid”, “crazy”, “feeble-minded” and a “confused child”. according to Dato' Ibrahim Ali. And not to mention, also "mentally ill."
Just look at one full sentence by Dato' Ibrahim Ali about YB Khairy:-
“This is the talk of a stupid, brainless person. He is talking like a crazy person." (source is here.)
Then, who would forget the "shit, shit, shit" Al-Jazeera interview? In full view of international audience, Perkasa's real ugly, uncouth, unrefined and even uncivilised nature reveal itself. It is comical.
And it is tragic. It is tragic because the international community may think - and I am sure they do think - that Malaysians in general are as uncouth as these Perkasa creatures. And that my friends, is a insult to Malaysia and to all Malaysians.
It is also an insult to the Prime Minister, because as I am told, the Prime Minister has a voracious appetite for knowledge and is an avid reader. And what an insult would be to the Prime Minister if the international community thinks that Malaysians are generally uncouth because of that Al-Jazeera interview with Dato' Ibrahim Ali.
Ah, let's not forget about all the police report.
That Perkasa is only able to shout and scream slogans and misleading statements about rights which do not exist is exemplified by its inability to accept YB Nurul Izaah's polite, but firm, invitation to debate on the purview of Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.
Perkasa's response - and no less than Minister Sharizat's response (I am addressing her as a Minister in a loose sense) - to YB Nurul Izzah's clear articulation on the subject matter was taken right from the 1st line of the 1st Chapter of Dr Mahathir's guidelines to a discourse, namely, twist and hijack the issue.
This they did by saying YB Nurul Izzah had "challenged" article 153. When in fact she did nothing of that sorts.
By twisting - and thereby, hijacking - the real issue, they hoped to make YB Nurul looked bad. To challenge article 153 would make YB Nurul anti-Malay "rights" and therefore anti-Malay. How convenient.
Read more at: http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2010/09/do-we-fear-perkasa.html
The politicians of the day are still busily ferreting gold for themselves - possibly as much as they can before they get thrown out either in 2011 or 2012.
Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle
The much longed-for recognition for Malaysia Day finally came in the form of a public holiday for the entire nation, but it failed to do anything to shore up the political position or the popularity of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his BN coalition.
And for this Najib has to take the blame. Not only has he been hiding behind glitzy public relations that do nothing but burn a hole in taxpayers’ pockets, even his Malaysia Day message was laughed at by the people for perceived cowardice. For while the 57-year old Najib disavowed ‘extremism’ in his speech, he took great care to do it as vaguely as possible so that no one knew what he was talking about or was referring to. Intentional or not, the end result was that no one took him seriously. And that is serious.
Because September 16 could have delivered so much for him and the BN. It could have been their knockout punch to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
In 2008, Anwar had promised Malaysians to topple the BN federal government but his complex plan went awry. Unsurprisingly, for months after that, Anwar was mercilessly attacked for being a Mr Talk-A-Lot.
When Najib came to power months later in April 2009, he grandly proclaimed a holiday for Malaysia Day. If he had worked hard, done his job, delivered the reforms he promised, then on September 16, 2010, he could have proudly and justifiably showed the country the difference between him and Anwar.
But sad to say, all that Malaysians saw on Thursday was another public relations show from Najib.
Making use of racial and religious-bigotry
More than a year has passed, but Najib leader has little or even zero to show for it. In Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was voted into the world’s top 10 most respected leaders by Newsweek last month alongside Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah who had urged Muslims “to embrace the spirit of tolerance, moderation and balance.”
By contrast, no mention was made of Najib at all and unsurprisingly the Umno-aligned newspapers and online portals went on a desperate binge to avoid comparison with the Singapore leader. But that doesn’t mean Najib hasn’t hit the international headlines at all. He has - but for the wrong issues and reasons.
Read more at: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/09/knockout-punch-najib-failed-to-deliver.html
Najib: However, it is clear that our approaches are by far very different from those of certain individuals and groups.KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak appeared to falter today on Umno’s decision to distance itself from Perkasa, declaring instead that the ruling party did not want to be in conflict with any non-governmental organisation.Najib said this in a press conference at the Securities Commission this evening after he was asked to explain his silence in the recent move by Umno leaders to snub the Malay rights group.
“No, we do not want to be in conflict with any NGO,” he firmly said.
Najib went further to play down Perkasa’s significance as a pressure group, pointing out that as far as Umno was concerned, Perkasa was just like any other NGO.
“It is just like any other NGO. We have so many NGOs. There are times we can agree, and there are times we cannot agree,” he said.
However, the Prime Minister took pains to stress that at the end of the day, it was Umno that was a part of the government.
“And what Umno says matters,” he said.
He declined to commen on his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s note of caution to Umno that the party could not afford to snub Perkasa as it would likely face further electoral losses.
“No, I do not want to refer specifically to anyone,” he said, and ended the press conference.
In his speech however, Najib repeatedly stressed on the need to remain a moderate society and appeared to take a dig at Perkasa when he defended the government’s intention in redefining affirmative action.
“Since we achieved independence, our leaders and our people, have acted according to principles that are very important — the principles of moderation and balance or equilibrium — in administrating and managing the nation.
“These policies are what brings us to the middle path, and what ensures that the rights and privileges of all races are taken into consideration,” he said.
Najib noted that while the Federal Constitution protected the special position of the Malays and the Bumiputeras, it also protected the rights of other communities.
“However, it is clear that our approaches are by far very different from those of certain individuals and groups.
“For example, if we want to carry out affirmative action. We accept the objectives of it but what is wrong is we redefine affirmative action in the context of society today, in the landscape today, so that we be seen as fairer, more transparent and market-friendly.
“We accept the objective but we are looking at how to achieve that objective in a new and strategic environment,” he said.
“Some people have decided to take narrow-minded views and to be selfish in order to defend their rights.
“When someone is not sensitive to the needs and aspirations of others, the gap of differences that divide the communities would eventually become wider,” he said.
When questioned during the press conference later if he was referring to Perkasa however, Najib was quick to deny this.
“No, no, I am not talking about anyone, Why do you mention Perkasa? I am just talking about times have changed... we have not forgotten the objectives of affirmative action because we want a fair society, a balanced society but we have redefined the mechanics of getting there.
“We should be attuned to the changing times,” he said.
The Najib administration has been struggling in its bid to sell its economic reforms to a sceptical public, and this process continues to be made complicated by political curve balls thrown by Perkasa and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Recently however, leaders aligned to Najib had begun the process of distancing the party from Perkasa because of the group’s controversial and strident views on economic reforms.
Using the Malay rights platform, Perkasa has been a major obstacle in the way of Najib’s economic reforms which he has assured would not be at the expense of Bumiputeras.
But Perkasa, backed by Dr Mahathir, is against any attempt to roll back the quotas associated with Malaysia’s affirmative action policies
\KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that low foreign direct investment is a global problem and should not be linked to Malay rights group Perkasa.“It’s not because of Perkasa. It’s simply because there is not enough FDI,” Dr Mahathir, Perkasa's patron, told reporters here.
The group led by Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali has been critical of the government's economic liberalisation plans.
Perkasa's controversial stand on what it called the constitutional position of the Malays have resulted in some Umno leaders distancing themselves from the group.
Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on a report that Vision 2020 would not be achieved as political indecision and global economic uncertainty looked set to hamper economic growth over the next five years.
Unveiled in 1991 by Dr Mahathir, Vision 2020 laid out the government’s 30-year ambitious plan to make Malaysia a fully developed nation by the year 2020 by boosting GDP and per capita income.
“The investors today don’t have much money,” said Dr Mahathir.
With average GDP growth in the next five years projected to be just shy of the 6 per cent target set by the prime minister, the Najib Administration’s 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) looks set to go the way of the last two Malaysia Plans, which also failed to achieve their GDP targets.
Under the 7th and 8th Malaysia Plans, the economy expanded by 5 per cent and 4.7 per cent respectively, well below the 8.6 per cent and 6 per cent targets set.
Similarly, under the current 9th Malaysia Plan, it is projected to grow by just 4.2 per cent annually, meaning Malaysia will once again fail to achieve its target.
This will put paid to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s dreams of making Malaysia a high-income nation in 10 years’ time and, by extension, Vision 2020 as well.
According to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the FDI inflow to Malaysia had dropped 81 per cent from RM23.47 billion in 2008, to RM4.43 billion last year, trailing behind countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. — Reuters
Who would forget the "shit, shit, shit" Al-Jazeera interview? In full view of international audience, Perkasa's real ugly, uncouth, unrefined and even uncivilised nature reveal itself. It is comical. And it is tragic. It is tragic because the international community may think - and I am sure they do think - that Malaysians in general are as uncouth as these Perkasa creatures. And that my friends, is a insult to Malaysia and to all Malaysians.
By Art Harun
I refer to a post at Rocky's Bru titled "The irrational fear of Perkasa".
Perkasa.
What does that name evoke? Fear? Unlikely.
To me and many others, that name is almost comical and tragic at the same time, quite in the same mould as Roberto Benigni's "Life is beautiful," only that the later was poignant and sorrowful, rather than tragic.
Perkasa is comical in the way it - through its leader, Dato' Ibrahim Ali and its various extras whose names I do not even care to remember - went around calling people who do not agree with its views names. YB Khairy Jamaludin knows about this well. Minister Nazri also knows about this very well.
Whenever Perkasa's views are opposed or critisised, Perkasa has been unable to counter such oppositions or critics. When Perkasa cannot rebut another's opinion, what would it do? Yes. It will attack the person who expresses the opinion rather than the opinion itself.
And so, Khairy Jamaludin was a “stupid”, “crazy”, “feeble-minded” and a “confused child”. according to Dato' Ibrahim Ali. And not to mention, also "mentally ill."
Just look at one full sentence by Dato' Ibrahim Ali about YB Khairy:-
“This is the talk of a stupid, brainless person. He is talking like a crazy person." (source is here.)
Then, who would forget the "shit, shit, shit" Al-Jazeera interview? In full view of international audience, Perkasa's real ugly, uncouth, unrefined and even uncivilised nature reveal itself. It is comical.
And it is tragic. It is tragic because the international community may think - and I am sure they do think - that Malaysians in general are as uncouth as these Perkasa creatures. And that my friends, is a insult to Malaysia and to all Malaysians.
It is also an insult to the Prime Minister, because as I am told, the Prime Minister has a voracious appetite for knowledge and is an avid reader. And what an insult would be to the Prime Minister if the international community thinks that Malaysians are generally uncouth because of that Al-Jazeera interview with Dato' Ibrahim Ali.
Ah, let's not forget about all the police report.
That Perkasa is only able to shout and scream slogans and misleading statements about rights which do not exist is exemplified by its inability to accept YB Nurul Izaah's polite, but firm, invitation to debate on the purview of Article 153 of the Federal Constitution.
Perkasa's response - and no less than Minister Sharizat's response (I am addressing her as a Minister in a loose sense) - to YB Nurul Izzah's clear articulation on the subject matter was taken right from the 1st line of the 1st Chapter of Dr Mahathir's guidelines to a discourse, namely, twist and hijack the issue.
This they did by saying YB Nurul Izzah had "challenged" article 153. When in fact she did nothing of that sorts.
By twisting - and thereby, hijacking - the real issue, they hoped to make YB Nurul looked bad. To challenge article 153 would make YB Nurul anti-Malay "rights" and therefore anti-Malay. How convenient.
Read more at: http://art-harun.blogspot.com/2010/09/do-we-fear-perkasa.html
The politicians of the day are still busily ferreting gold for themselves - possibly as much as they can before they get thrown out either in 2011 or 2012.
Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle
The much longed-for recognition for Malaysia Day finally came in the form of a public holiday for the entire nation, but it failed to do anything to shore up the political position or the popularity of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his BN coalition.
And for this Najib has to take the blame. Not only has he been hiding behind glitzy public relations that do nothing but burn a hole in taxpayers’ pockets, even his Malaysia Day message was laughed at by the people for perceived cowardice. For while the 57-year old Najib disavowed ‘extremism’ in his speech, he took great care to do it as vaguely as possible so that no one knew what he was talking about or was referring to. Intentional or not, the end result was that no one took him seriously. And that is serious.
Because September 16 could have delivered so much for him and the BN. It could have been their knockout punch to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
In 2008, Anwar had promised Malaysians to topple the BN federal government but his complex plan went awry. Unsurprisingly, for months after that, Anwar was mercilessly attacked for being a Mr Talk-A-Lot.
When Najib came to power months later in April 2009, he grandly proclaimed a holiday for Malaysia Day. If he had worked hard, done his job, delivered the reforms he promised, then on September 16, 2010, he could have proudly and justifiably showed the country the difference between him and Anwar.
But sad to say, all that Malaysians saw on Thursday was another public relations show from Najib.
Making use of racial and religious-bigotry
More than a year has passed, but Najib leader has little or even zero to show for it. In Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was voted into the world’s top 10 most respected leaders by Newsweek last month alongside Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah who had urged Muslims “to embrace the spirit of tolerance, moderation and balance.”
By contrast, no mention was made of Najib at all and unsurprisingly the Umno-aligned newspapers and online portals went on a desperate binge to avoid comparison with the Singapore leader. But that doesn’t mean Najib hasn’t hit the international headlines at all. He has - but for the wrong issues and reasons.
Read more at: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/2010/09/knockout-punch-najib-failed-to-deliver.html
And for this Najib has to take the blame. Not only has he been hiding behind glitzy public relations that do nothing but burn a hole in taxpayers’ pockets, even his Malaysia Day message was laughed at by the people for perceived cowardice. For while the 57-year old Najib disavowed ‘extremism’ in his speech, he took great care to do it as vaguely as possible so that no one knew what he was talking about or was referring to. Intentional or not, the end result was that no one took him seriously. And that is serious.
Because September 16 could have delivered so much for him and the BN. It could have been their knockout punch to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and his Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
In 2008, Anwar had promised Malaysians to topple the BN federal government but his complex plan went awry. Unsurprisingly, for months after that, Anwar was mercilessly attacked for being a Mr Talk-A-Lot.
When Najib came to power months later in April 2009, he grandly proclaimed a holiday for Malaysia Day. If he had worked hard, done his job, delivered the reforms he promised, then on September 16, 2010, he could have proudly and justifiably showed the country the difference between him and Anwar.
But sad to say, all that Malaysians saw on Thursday was another public relations show from Najib.
Making use of racial and religious-bigotry
More than a year has passed, but Najib leader has little or even zero to show for it. In Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was voted into the world’s top 10 most respected leaders by Newsweek last month alongside Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah who had urged Muslims “to embrace the spirit of tolerance, moderation and balance.”
Najib said this in a press conference at the Securities Commission this evening after he was asked to explain his silence in the recent move by Umno leaders to snub the Malay rights group.
“No, we do not want to be in conflict with any NGO,” he firmly said.
Najib went further to play down Perkasa’s significance as a pressure group, pointing out that as far as Umno was concerned, Perkasa was just like any other NGO.
“It is just like any other NGO. We have so many NGOs. There are times we can agree, and there are times we cannot agree,” he said.
However, the Prime Minister took pains to stress that at the end of the day, it was Umno that was a part of the government.
“And what Umno says matters,” he said.
He declined to commen on his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s note of caution to Umno that the party could not afford to snub Perkasa as it would likely face further electoral losses.
“No, I do not want to refer specifically to anyone,” he said, and ended the press conference.
In his speech however, Najib repeatedly stressed on the need to remain a moderate society and appeared to take a dig at Perkasa when he defended the government’s intention in redefining affirmative action.
“Since we achieved independence, our leaders and our people, have acted according to principles that are very important — the principles of moderation and balance or equilibrium — in administrating and managing the nation.
“These policies are what brings us to the middle path, and what ensures that the rights and privileges of all races are taken into consideration,” he said.
Najib noted that while the Federal Constitution protected the special position of the Malays and the Bumiputeras, it also protected the rights of other communities.
“However, it is clear that our approaches are by far very different from those of certain individuals and groups.
“For example, if we want to carry out affirmative action. We accept the objectives of it but what is wrong is we redefine affirmative action in the context of society today, in the landscape today, so that we be seen as fairer, more transparent and market-friendly.
“We accept the objective but we are looking at how to achieve that objective in a new and strategic environment,” he said.
“Some people have decided to take narrow-minded views and to be selfish in order to defend their rights.
“When someone is not sensitive to the needs and aspirations of others, the gap of differences that divide the communities would eventually become wider,” he said.
When questioned during the press conference later if he was referring to Perkasa however, Najib was quick to deny this.
“No, no, I am not talking about anyone, Why do you mention Perkasa? I am just talking about times have changed... we have not forgotten the objectives of affirmative action because we want a fair society, a balanced society but we have redefined the mechanics of getting there.
“We should be attuned to the changing times,” he said.
The Najib administration has been struggling in its bid to sell its economic reforms to a sceptical public, and this process continues to be made complicated by political curve balls thrown by Perkasa and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Recently however, leaders aligned to Najib had begun the process of distancing the party from Perkasa because of the group’s controversial and strident views on economic reforms.
Using the Malay rights platform, Perkasa has been a major obstacle in the way of Najib’s economic reforms which he has assured would not be at the expense of Bumiputeras.
But Perkasa, backed by Dr Mahathir, is against any attempt to roll back the quotas associated with Malaysia’s affirmative action policies
“It’s not because of Perkasa. It’s simply because there is not enough FDI,” Dr Mahathir, Perkasa's patron, told reporters here.
The group led by Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali has been critical of the government's economic liberalisation plans.
Perkasa's controversial stand on what it called the constitutional position of the Malays have resulted in some Umno leaders distancing themselves from the group.
Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on a report that Vision 2020 would not be achieved as political indecision and global economic uncertainty looked set to hamper economic growth over the next five years.
Unveiled in 1991 by Dr Mahathir, Vision 2020 laid out the government’s 30-year ambitious plan to make Malaysia a fully developed nation by the year 2020 by boosting GDP and per capita income.
“The investors today don’t have much money,” said Dr Mahathir.
With average GDP growth in the next five years projected to be just shy of the 6 per cent target set by the prime minister, the Najib Administration’s 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) looks set to go the way of the last two Malaysia Plans, which also failed to achieve their GDP targets.
Under the 7th and 8th Malaysia Plans, the economy expanded by 5 per cent and 4.7 per cent respectively, well below the 8.6 per cent and 6 per cent targets set.
Similarly, under the current 9th Malaysia Plan, it is projected to grow by just 4.2 per cent annually, meaning Malaysia will once again fail to achieve its target.
This will put paid to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s dreams of making Malaysia a high-income nation in 10 years’ time and, by extension, Vision 2020 as well.
According to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the FDI inflow to Malaysia had dropped 81 per cent from RM23.47 billion in 2008, to RM4.43 billion last year, trailing behind countries like the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. — Reuters
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak defended his 1 Malaysia concept today, claiming it had not failed but was merely a “work in progress”.
He admitted that the concept could not become a “full realisation” today but would do so eventually, with the help of all segments of society.
Najib (picture) also expressed his dissatisfaction that some members of society had so quickly categorised his brainchild as a failed concept just because they felt like they were being unfairly treated.
“I want to say that what we have done so far is just the beginning, it’s a journey. Even this concept of 1Malaysia... it cannot be a full realisation today.
“And I do not think it is fair to say – oh, I am not getting fair treatment, therefore 1 Malaysia did not work. That is not the way.
“1 Malaysia is a work in progress,” he said in his keynote address during the “Living in a Multi-Ethnic Society” seminar organised by the 1 Malaysian Foundation here today.
He pledged that the government would do its level best to “put right” what it could, but insisted that the goals would not be achieved overnight.
“I would like to stress here that the government does not have a magic wand to perform miracles to fully realise 1 Malaysia.
“But we need the people’s support, all segments of society must be involved in our noble cause to achieve national unity. The people must consider 1 Malaysia as their own vision and platform,” he said.
Najib also sought the help of politicians to promote 1 Malaysia to the people, pointing out that their roles were critical in ensuring the success of his concept.
“Politicians should play important roles in promoting 1 Malaysia. Speaking as a politician myself, I would like to inform my fellow comrades that regardless of the differences in our backgrounds, let us fight for this noble objective of attaining racial unity.
“Do not speak or act in a manner that could destroy these feelings of togetherness and understanding in society. There is no need to take extremist stands,” he said.
He advised politicians against harping on issues that were racially sensitive and in questioning the rights of the various ethnic communities.
As an example, the premier cited the constant use of Article 153 in the Federal Constitution by politicians to articulate their stand on race relations.
“Certain phrases and words, if misused, coud become sensitive issues. This includes Article 153 of the Constitution and phrases like ‘second-class citizens’. These things could hurt the races,” he said.
The Constitution, he stressed, must be adhered to and respected.
Najib also called on the media to help him in his bid to make 1 Malaysia a success.
The media, whether the mainstream or the alternative media, should understand and respect journalistic ethics and understand how delicate racial issues were in a multi-racial society like Malaysia.
“Writers should be more careful not to fan the fires of racism with unfair reporting or one-sided analyses. Try to understand the feelings and emotions of the races before making a resolution.
“Try to be rational, balanced and fair in your writings,” he said.
He urged the media to use their powers to improve race relations in the country.
“There is nothing more despised in a multi-racial society than sentiments that promote hatred,” he said.
Najib also introduced a “1 Malaysia test”, which he urged all individuals and institutions in the country to conduct on themselves.
“Try to test yourselves first with the 1 Malaysia test if you were to ever be faced with any racial issues wherever you are,” he said.
The test, explained Najib, meant the individual needed to ask himself, “How does my stand on ethnic-based issues impact each community? Will it improve harmony or cause hatred towards my own race? Can it lead to an improved relationship between the races and improve national unity on a whole, or will it do otherwise?”
“If we are all aware that our statements can influence others, and if we want to run the 1 Malaysia test on ourselves first before we make any rash move, there is a large possibility that we could create a society that is more conducive for unity,” Najib said.
The country was recently hit by an onslaught of racially-charged issues, forcing Najib’s 1 Malaysia ideals to momentarily take a backseat.
The prime minister has also been under intense pressure from groups like Perkasa, which has openly shown its disregard for his attempts to sell his brand of more inclusive, economic reforms to an already sceptical public.
Using the Malay rights platform, Perkasa has even succeeded in pitching the two largest parties in the ruling Barisan Nasional government — Umno and the MCA — against each other.
Najib’s elegant silence on the issues, including that of the racist school principal incidents, has earned him much flak from the public and the opposition, who have accused the prime minister of being just like his predecessor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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