KeADILan Youth will spearhead a nationwide campaign aimed at giving Malaysians a platform to jointly express their rejection of incoming Umno president Najib Abdul Razak as the sixth prime minister of the country.
Entitled ‘Say NO to Najib’, the idea for the campaign was initiated by youths from different parts of the country.
“This fact cannot be denied - there is a big NO in the hearts of many Malaysians,” said. Pakatan Rakyat leader and KeADILan information chief Tian Chua.
“Even as he is trying to secure a smooth ascension to the No 1 job in the country, the nation is getting more and more anxious. The people are waiting and hoping for a last-minute change from Pak Lah.”
Najib is slated to take over from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on April 3, according to an internal power transition knocked out by a group of Umno leaders aligned to him. Abdullah, or Pak Lah, was forced to accept early retirement even though his term officially ends only in 2013.
Youth wings of the Pakatan Rakyat are due to deliver a memorandum to the Palace appealing to the King to reject any proposal to appoint Najib as the next premier.
“I am finalising discussion with other Youth leaders from PAS and DAP to get this memorandum sent to the Palace as soon as possible,” said Shamsul Iskandar Akin, KeADILan Youth chief.
“The choice of Najib as prime minister is a huge mistake. Never before in our history has a leader with such a scandalous past record been appointed Prime Minister of Malaysia. It will bring great shame to us all.”
Scandalous past and present
According to Shamsul, Najib has never challenged any of the graft allegations brought against him throughout his 33-year political career - including the latest news report published by well-known French paper Liberation.
Entitled ‘Say NO to Najib’, the idea for the campaign was initiated by youths from different parts of the country.
“This fact cannot be denied - there is a big NO in the hearts of many Malaysians,” said. Pakatan Rakyat leader and KeADILan information chief Tian Chua.
“Even as he is trying to secure a smooth ascension to the No 1 job in the country, the nation is getting more and more anxious. The people are waiting and hoping for a last-minute change from Pak Lah.”
Najib is slated to take over from Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on April 3, according to an internal power transition knocked out by a group of Umno leaders aligned to him. Abdullah, or Pak Lah, was forced to accept early retirement even though his term officially ends only in 2013.
Youth wings of the Pakatan Rakyat are due to deliver a memorandum to the Palace appealing to the King to reject any proposal to appoint Najib as the next premier.
“I am finalising discussion with other Youth leaders from PAS and DAP to get this memorandum sent to the Palace as soon as possible,” said Shamsul Iskandar Akin, KeADILan Youth chief.
“The choice of Najib as prime minister is a huge mistake. Never before in our history has a leader with such a scandalous past record been appointed Prime Minister of Malaysia. It will bring great shame to us all.”
Scandalous past and present
According to Shamsul, Najib has never challenged any of the graft allegations brought against him throughout his 33-year political career - including the latest news report published by well-known French paper Liberation.
PKR
23/03/09
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