Najib Abdul Razak today apologised to the Prime Minister’s Department for his faults as prime minister.

“I don’t want to give a long speech. On behalf of myself, my wife and the administration, I start this speech by wishing all of you Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and to seek forgiveness for any mistakes of if I had said the wrong things on purpose or without realising,” he said.

He said this during a speech at the Prime Minister’s Department Hari Raya Open House at Putrajaya International Convention Centre today.

Najib, who is also finance minister, said the entire cabinet attended the event today to express thanks to the civil servants.

“Whatever it is we want to do, it is the civil servants who have to implement it efficiently to reach the government’s policy objectives,” he said.

He also urged civil servants to focus more on outcomes.

“The people must be the priority for all government policies,” he stressed.