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Najib, step into the light, clear your name

COMMENT During the administration of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , a new tradition was created. While Dr Mahathir Mohamad hogged the limelight in his 22 years as prime minister, Abdullah seldom made public statements.

Especially so, when he was attacked by his predecessor. Former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam called it “elegant” silence.

It was not so elegant of course, when Abdullah had to step down as prime minister after the BN lost its traditional two-thirds majority in Parliament.

Today, a new kind of silence is the norm. Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, despite attacks from all sides, hardly makes any public statements of any kind. A prime minister who does not articulate his thoughts clearly puts the country in a strange place...

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