Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has urged the Barisan Nasional
coalition to adapt to a new political reality by understanding the mindset and
expectations of the post-Merdeka generation.
This, the premier said, must be
done without neglecting the values that had brought Barisan success in its
administration of the Federal Government since the country attained its
independence.
Najib, who is Umno president and
Barisan chief, said this in a fiery speech when opening the Putrajaya Umno
division meeting yesteday.
“We cannot live in nostalgia or
dwell on sentiments of the past in spite of our rich history.
“There is no such thing as
political invincibility in a democracy and there is no longer one party that is
gagah perkasa (unshakeable) but the ones that remained strong today are Umno
and Barisan,” he said.
Although Barisan won with a
reduced majority in the 2008 general election, Najib said the party and its
coalition partners had awakened from the “nightmare” and rebuilt their
strength.
He brushed aside Pakatan Rakyat's
dream of taking over federal power by saying they were not qualified to take
over the seat of the Government in Putrajaya.
“If they are planning a road to
Putrajaya, we will block that road not by means of a police road block but a
political one.”
He said Pakatan was not qualified
to occupy Putrajaya as it had failed to fulfil its promises.
“We must win and we must win big
in great style, not merely securing a win,” Najib said in reference to the
imminent polls.
He reminded party members to
defend the country the way they did in the pre-Independence years by holding to
values such as unity and readiness to sacrifice and serve.
The country proved many sceptics
wrong by attaining success in ways that no other could, even in the recent
economic downturn, he said.
“Although we have faced many
challenges and have been on a journey where many predicted we would fall short
of our dreams to take Malaysia to glory, it is clear in these 55 years of
independence that all these predictions did not come true,” said Najib.
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