Najib may just be next in line as part of Mahathir’s political scalp collection, a DAP leader said today.
In relation to former premier Mahathir Mohamad who is perceived as the one who brought down five top political leaders of the past, DAP Parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang asks if Prime Minister Najib Razak would be next.
“Will Najib be Mahathir’s sixth scalp or is Malaysia hauling the first “tiger” or “crocodile” to court and prison in the country’s anti-corruption campaign?” Lim asked in his statement today.
He said this in relation to the state of corruption in the country, which, if the government chooses to remain mum about, would lead to Najib being ousted as Prime Minister.
As pressure mounts against the Najib administration from all quarters especially Mahathir, who has been critical of 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with the US and economic policies such as minimum wage.
In the past, Mahathir had similarly brought down ex-Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi with scathing attacks in his blog, Chedet.cc. However, Mahathir recently expressed his disappointment that Najib is worse that Badawi.
Lim believes that Najib may just end up suffering the same fate as the previous five political leader taken down by Mahathir.
“In the past 45 years, the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad had collected five scalps of top political leaders in the country, starting with Bapa Malaysia and the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, two Deputy Prime Ministers who might have gone on to become Prime Ministers, Tun Musa Hitam and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the fifth Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and the eternal Prime Minister-aspirant Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.”
“The question now is whether Mahathir will add the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, to his collection of six top political scalps in Malaysia,” Lim said.
He questioned today if to react to the criticism, Najib’s premiership would take to court the big fish as part of the country’s anti-corruption campaign.
He said that this may be something Malaysia might witness in light of Najib’s precarious position as Prime Minister given the fact that Indonesia and China are hauling high profile corrupt persons to court.
“Suddenly, there seems to be a possibility that Malaysia’s anti-corruption campaign may enter a new era,” he said.
-The Rocket
