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24 January 2019
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In his latest salvo, Lim urged outstation voters to return to cast their ballots in Saturday’s by-election in order to prevent Najib’s political comeback.
The Iskandar Puteri MP warned that the contest would have far-reaching consequences for the nation and future generations.
“For this reason, I call on every outstation voter in Cameron Highlands to take the trouble to return home to cast his or her vote.
“This will be an investment worth making, for it will not only affect the people of Cameron Highlands for the next four years, but also the future generations in Cameron Highlands, as well as all Malaysians for the next few decades,” he added in a statement this evening.
Prior to the last general election, Lim made a similar call urging Malaysians to save the nation from Najib and his administration, which was described as kleptocratic.
‘Making a comeback’
According to the DAP leader, Najib has made himself the BN campaigner-in-chief for the polls to gauge if he could make a comeback and even return as prime minister in the next general election.
“Najib wants to make the Cameron Highlands by-election the launching-pad for his ‘Save Najib’ campaign, which will be the opening salvo of his 15th general election agenda to make a political comeback and return as prime minister.
“The first national objective of the by-election is therefore for the Cameron Highlands voters to represent the nation to say three ‘nos’ – ‘no to Najib’, ‘no Najib political comeback’ and ‘no Najib return to Putrajaya as prime minister’,” he added.
Lim also cited other important national objectives with regard to the by-election, which included the need to reject the formation of a new political union between Umno and PAS.
He also urged Cameron Highlands voters to reject the politics of race, religion, hate, lies and fear, which he accused Umno and PAS of propagating.
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Voters of Cameron Highlands should say three ‘Noes” to Najib in the by-election this Saturday
The Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday will not only be the most important electoral battle in the history of Cameron Highlands, it will also have far-reaching consequences for the country and future generations.
For this reason, I call on every outstation voter in Cameron Highlands to take the trouble to return home to cast his or her vote on Saturday. This will be an investment worth making, for it will not only affect the people of Cameron Highlands for the next four years, but also future generations in Cameron Highlands as well as all Malaysians for the next few decades.
There are at least five important objectives of the Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday.
It was supposed to be a very local by-election but it has suddenly been catapulted to national significance, as the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has decided to make it an acid test as to whether he could make a political comeback and even return as Malaysian Prime Minister in the 15th General Election by 2023 by becoming the BN campaigner-in-chief in the by-election.
Najib wants to make the Cameron Highlands by-election the launching-pad for his “Save Najib” Campaign, which will be the opening salvo of his 15th General Election agenda to make a political comeback and return as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The first national objective of the Cameron Highlands by-election is therefore for the Cameron Highlands voters to represent the nation to say three “Noes”, viz No to Najib, No Najib political comeback and No Najib return to Putrajaya as Prime Minister.
In short, defeat Najib’s plan to make Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday the launching pad for a “Save Najib” campaign.
Malaysian voters made a herculean effort on May 9, 2018 to Save Malaysia, and despite the impossible odds, they succeeded to carry out a peaceful and democratic transition of Federal Power from UMNO/BN to Pakatan Harapan which shocked and amazed not only Malaysians, but the world.
It is not possible in 100 days, eight months, one or two years to undo all the kleptocacy, abuses of power, corruption and criminal breaches of the law in the past decades and complete the task to build a New Malaysia which unites all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or culture to become world champions through democracy, justice, rule of law and good governance.
The New Malaysia project of Pakatan Harapan is a work-in-progress, and a victory for Pakatan Harapan in Cameron Highlands by-election will be a great fillip to the New Malaysia work-in-progress while a Barisan Nasional win in Cameron Highlands to “Save Najib” will be seen as a blow to the “Save Malaysia” programme of the 14th General Election and the first major step in the “Save Najib” programme in the 15th General Election.
The second national objective of Cameron Highlands by-election is to tell the world that Malaysians is increasingly committed to reject Malaysia becoming a global kleptocracy and a corrupt nation, as in the case of the Najib premiership.
In fact, it was precisely because there were brave and courageous Orang Asli from Cameron Highlands who were prepared to be witnesses in the election petition for declaration that the election of MIC National Vice President C. Sivarraajh as Cameron Highlands MP was null and void, that there is a by-election to ensure integrity in every aspect of national life.
The third national objective is to represent Malaysians to show their rejection of the formation of a new political union of UMNO and PAS, with MCA and MIC accepting and playing their role as little “small brothers” to the new UMNO-PAS union.
The fourth national objective is represent Malaysians to reject the toxic and vicious politics of lies, hate, fear, race and religion perpetrated by the new UMNO-PAS axis, which has also contaminated the by-election, two examples being: firstly, flyers bearing the image of Harapan candidate M Manogaran and the title “DAP Hindu/Hindraf bunuh Adib” (DAP Hindu/Hindraf killed Adib); and secondly, spread of WhatApps messages during the campaign which were downright lies and falsehoods like the following WhatsApp message: “Lim Kit Siang mengusulkan didlm Dewan Rakyat supaya perkataan Islam Dan Melayu digugurkan dlm Perlembagaan”. In my 45 years in the Dewan Rakyat, I have never submitted such a motion.
The fifth national objective of the Cameron Highlands by-election to endorse the results of the last general elections for Malaysia to become a world top-class nation, for Malaysians to be world champions like celebrity chef Chef Wan from Felda Sungai Koyan, through a nation-building policy which unites Malaysians regardless of race, religion or language; which celebrates our diversity as an asset instead of a weakness and liability, and which is designed to ensure that all Malaysians respect, love and embrace Malaysians of a different race, religion or culture instead of inciting Malaysians to fear and hate Malaysians of different race, religion or culture.
When Najib first became Prime Minister in 2009, he said he will be Prime Minister of all Malaysians. Yesterday, Najib said Pakatan Harapan candidate M. Manogaran is not capable of defending the interests of Islam and the Muslim community, unlike BN and PAS.
Is Najib saying that a Muslim Prime Minister is not capable of defending the interests of non-Muslim Malaysians – and if not so, why can’t non-Muslim political leaders defend the interests of Muslim Malaysians?
Has Najib ever paused to wonder when and why he has developed such a forked tongue?
Firstly, were the former MPs for Cameron Highlands Malays and Muslims?
Secondly, who in the history of Malaysian politics had sacrificed his political future, jailed for twelve months, disqualified as a Member of Parliament and disenfranchised of his citizen rights to vote and to stand for elections for five years except for the single case of Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary-General, in the defence of the honour and dignity of an underaged Malay girl? Did Najib or any other UMNO leader perform any such a great sacrifice?
(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Brinchang on Thursday, January 24, 2019)
Voters of Cameron Highlands should say three ‘Noes” to Najib in the by-election this Saturday
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Najib is going for broke to avoid an unprecedented BN defeat in Cameron Highlands by-election which will be a death knell for any possibility of his political come-back in 15th General Election and legitimisation of 1MDB scandal
Clearly, former Prime Minister, Datuk Sri Najib Razak is going for broke as if the Cameron Highlands by-election on Saturday will fjnally decide his political future.
In a sense, this is true, for with Najib as the campaigner-in-chief in the Cameron Highlands by-election, completely overshadowing the BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor, the acting UMNO President, Hasan Mohd and the Pahang Mentri Besar, Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, Najib has made the by-election a most personal one – and an unprecedented defeat in Cameron Highlands by-eletion (as BN has never been defeated in Cameron Highlands before) will be a death knell for any possibility of his political comeback again as Prime Minister of Malaysia in the 15th General Election and legitimisation of 1MDB scandal.
Najib must toyed with the idea of a political comeback for two reasons, viz:
Firstly, that if Tun Dr. Mahathir could make a political comeback as Prime Minister, why couldn’t he?
Secondly, returning as Prime Minister again in the 15th General Election by 2023 will grant him immunity and impunity for the criminal charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power which had been slapped on him by the Public Prosecutor, provided his lawyers could drag out final appellate proceedings and his avoid being sent to Sungai Buloh Prison before his political comeback
This is why Najib is back in the Cameron Highlands by-election campaign today for its outcome would literally be a political “life or death” sentence for him.
However, will Najib learn from the example of Malaysia’s celebrity chef Redzuanwan Ismail (Chef Wan), whom I had described as a better role model for the Felda youths than Najib himself.
Chef Wan has apologised to Najib for his “crude language” threatening to slap the former Prime Minister for Felda’s financial troubles, but he stood by his scathing comments against Najib.
Chef Wan said: “To DS Najib this morning, I apologise openly for the coarse language that I used when I was at my angriest!
“But if we make a big mistake, we must swallow our pride to admit our mistakes as I have done this morning. Yes, I admit I was wrong when I was possessed by the devil and got angry.”
Similarly, will Najib’s return to the Cameron Highlands by-election campaign circuit today be marked by his public apology for his three greatest failures as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia – firstly, the monstrous 1MDB scandal and Malaysia being condemned by the world as a global kleptocracy; secondly, betrayal of his father, Tun Razak’s vision of Felda and the interests of Felda settlers and thirdly, his failure to bring the 200,000 Orang Asli to the national mainstream of development sixty years after Merdeka?
This is why a group of second generation Felda settlers are rooting for a Pakatan Harapan win in the Cameron Highlands by-election, saying it is the only way to end the years of intimidation by Barisan Nasional.
The group, led by Mohd Nor Afandi Daud, 54, along with 14 others, are urging other second generation Felda settlers to join their cause, assuring them that the scare tactics of the previous government could no longer hurt them.
What has Najib got to say about the aspiration of the second-generation Felda settlers?
(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at Kampong Raja, Cameron Highlands on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019)
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