YOURSAY ‘Why didn't the prime minister act earlier to set the record straight?’
'Patience, PM will respond to RM2.6b video'
Vijay47: Are these Umno leaders all of the same level of intelligence, every single one of them, particularly in asking patience from us?
I thought Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Abdul Rahman Dahlan, and Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor were the only ‘patients’, but now we have another of PM Najib Abdul Razak's faithful supporters, Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, assuming that his master is "certain to respond" to the Muhyiddin video.
What is so special about the clip; what additional damning information did it reveal?
Whatever Najib’s former deputy Muhyiddin Yassin said has long been in the public domain and the subject of countless queries. In other words, the crying need for Najib to come clean on the many suspicions involving him has always been there.
If, as Tajuddin claims, Najib is concerned about his name not being tarnished, why didn't Najib act earlier to set the record straight? Coming out with a "I did not take any money for personal gain" does not set anything straight. It in fact sounds very crooked.
Existential Turd: Najib has mud on his face and he is taking his time to wipe it off. If you do not clear your name right away, your name is already tarnished.
It is amusing to see how Najib's apologists twist and turn to justify their master's sordid performance.
Anonymous_1421806811: Tajuddin, if you want to know why Malaysians have lost confidence in ministers like you, it is because you accept explanations without thinking. If you can be fooled by your boss, don't you think your subordinates can also easily fool you too?
The question we have been asking is, was RM2.6 billion deposited in Najib's accounts? If so, where did it come from and where did it go?
If you accept sub-standard answers like no money was used for Najib’s personal gain without a critical assessment, how can anyone expect you to run a ministry?
Anonymous 759201436321741: The crux of the issue is not whether the PM had used the RM2.6 billion personally but how such a large sum of money could have been allegedly credited into his account and the source of such a huge sum of money.
Of greater gravity is whether this transaction had violated banking rules and whether the regulator (Bank Negara) was aware of such transactions.
ACR: Hello, patience was the virtue requested when there were on-going investigations by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the special task force on 1MDB. As we now know, these two investigations were decimated.
Anonymous_1425871172: The PM should have just replied to the video immediately, instead of waiting for a few days or even months before answering.
This delay indicates his weakness and his over-reliance on his PR (public relations) team to come up with the "perfect" answer. There is no perfect answer but answering with the truth and from the bottom of the heart.
Ren Ai: What are we to probably conclude from the recent purge?
1. Former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail had sighted the arrest order for Najib.
2. Najib got wind of this and zap, Gani was terminated.
3. PAC was getting close to recommend Najib to go on leave. Zap! PAC is half-dismantled and rendered into disarray.
4. Muhyiddin knew he was to be sacked as DPM. What better than to go out as a hero by pouring his heart out for the country.
5. Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz remains a mystery.
Thunder: Neither Najib nor any of his current plausible replacements appear capable of reversing Malaysia’s decades-long decline.
Herein lies perhaps Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s worst legacy of all. By forcing the three most capable politicians, besides himself, out of Umno during their prime, Mahathir ensured that only relative lightweights would command leading positions in Malaysia’s most powerful political institution.
If Malaysia is to exit this crisis on a path to restored health rather than steeper decline, the political and economic reforms first demanded in the ‘reformasi’ movement of the late 1990s will finally need to be put in place: either by a new generation of leadership within Umno, or by Malaysia’s repressed but resilient political opposition.
RM2.6billion in Mbank: No matter how Najib explains and juggles with his rhetorics, he can never ever justify the alleged RM2.6 billion in his private accounts.
Who would have given such a huge amount of money to an individual? If it is from a wealthy person, he must be well within Fortunes' top 50 richest in the world, and there is none that I can think of who would be generous enough to give such a big sum to a private individual.
And assuming Najib is lucky to receive from a rich man this sum of RM2.6 billion, it gives rise to the motives behind the latter's generosity. No one gives so much for nothing.
So what inference can one draw from this? You do not need to be a genius to make an intelligent conclusion.
Versey: Since Tajuddin has also admitted that the US$700 million scandal is "a very serious allegation", isn't it unusual, or rather abnormal, that the prime minister could keep his lips tight and allowed it to drag on for such a long period of time?
Why didn't he sue The Wall Street Journal, as he did sue some of his fellow Malaysians? Is it so difficult to say "Yes" or "No" publicly as to whether the money was deposited into his personal bank accounts?
If the answer is "Yes", just tell the rakyat where the money came from and where it was channelled to. If the answer is a "No", what's the reason of such hesitation to sue WSJ?
Mosquitobrain: If Najib is sincere and honest, he would have long responded. He need not go on a 'chopping' spree.
Fairplayer: Tajuddin, there is a world of difference between "RM2.6 billion deposited into Najib's personal accounts" and "Najib said he didn’t take money for his personal gain".
Najib never denied he received the RM2.6 billion. How he used the fund is another issue altogether, and the rakyat want to know the whole truth because it is our money.
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