Six steps Najib must take to stay in power
Now that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has declared that he will serve out his term , the PM must go on an all-out offensive to secure his post.
Here are six steps Najib should take, according to veteran journalist Kadir Jasin:
- Reshuffle cabinet to by ousting unfriendly elements like Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Rural Development Minister Shafie Apdal;
" This would mean that 1MDB’s assets including government land that it bought cheaply and the independent power producers that it bought above market price would fall into foreign hands.
"This could be the strategic aim of 1MDB," Kadir said snidely in a blog post today.
In Nigeria, Najib would be impeached
Kadir (photo) said Najib must act now given his precarious position, following the revelation that the assets held by 1MDB in Singapore is not cash as earlier said in a written reply to Parliament.
He said the amendment of the written reply, to now say that the assets are "savings in units", would be cause for impeachment proceedings elsewhere.
"In a more robust democracy, including Indonesia and Nigeria, Najib would have been referred to the ethics committee and may even face impeachment proceedings.
"Remember the impeachment of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid in 2001? But under our law, there is no provision for impeachment by the Parliament.
"The House can, however, pass a vote of no confidence," Kadir said.
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