The ‘sins’ of the father

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YOURSAY ‘It is understandable for Nazifuddin to defend his father but...’

 

PM’s son: Attacks on Najib cause nation to suffer

Anonymous_1421806811: Mohd Nazifuddin Najib. we beg to differ. The current crisis faced by Malaysia is the direct result of your dad doing his utmost to prevent the truth from being heard.

 

People are selling the ringgit because they have no more confidence in your dad's leadership. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented to increase revenue for the government. Who is making the rakyat's life difficult?

 

Malaysia has become the laughing stock of the world when a corruptible offence becomes a donation. Who is responsible for this?

 

We believe that the only way for truth to prevail, confidence to be restored and absolute power to be curtailed is for your dad to step down until all investigations are complete.

 

If he is clean, I am sure the rakyat will welcome him back with open arms.

 

Commentable: Nazifuddin, it is Najib who has opened himself to public scorn nationwide. It is none other than Najib himself who is willing to ‘sacrifice’ the country so that he could remain as prime minister.

 

If you are not such a fuddle, you would have instantly recognised that a patriotic leader, who puts the country first, would have stepped aside to allow proper and transparent investigation to be conducted so as to clear his name and that of his government.

 

If he is innocent as what you claimed, he would not find difficulty in doing so. But no, he had to get his thugs to do all sorts of despicable things to pervert the course of justice.

 

By the way, what he did can no longer stand as rumours, they are news splashed all over the country as well as internationally.

 

No To Nepotism: It is understandable for Nazifuddin to defend his father. It is indeed very difficult to be objective. But I hope Nazifuddin tries. Forget for a moment that Najib is your father.

 

The PM received US$700 million "donation" from an unknown source in 2013 and kept it in his personal bank accounts which nobody else in Umno knew until this was reported by The Wall Street Journal last month.

 

Now some of his close associates in Umno claim that PM is holding the money in trust for the party, a clever afterthought.

 

If WSJ did not expose your father, would Malaysians know the existence of this money? Naziffuddin, do you honestly still believe that your father did no wrong?

 

WDA: Based on Junior's logic, we should let things be because the country's economy is more important than taking action against a possibly corrupt leader.

 

If you want the attacks to cease, ask him to answer these questions:

 

1) Who the mystery Middle Eastern donor is?

 

2) Did Najib ask for the donation or was it offered by the "donor"?

 

3) Why was it deposited into the PM's personal bank accounts?

 

4) Why RM2.6 billion? That's a lot of money.

 

5) Did he promise anything in return to the "donor" for this huge donation?

 

6) How was every ringgit of the RM2.6 billion spent?

 

7) Was there any money left? If yes, where is it now since the accounts are now closed?

 

If you want investors to regain confidence in the country again, your father should reveal all. You're pointing your finger at the wrong people. The reason for the country's current predicament is closer to home.

 

Versey: Naziffudin, if you don't understand why the rakyat could not swallow the various "reasons" (which are considered as lame excuses) put forward by your dad and his supporters, regarding the US$700 million and the RM42 million transferred from SRC International to your dad's private bank accounts, please consult your uncle Nazir, a respected banker.

 

Nobody is trying to topple your dad and surely the foreign investors are not as gullible as you imagine.

 

If you were a thinking professional, you should know the impact of the actions taken by your dad against the reputable business daily and weekly, The Edge , deterring the Public Accounts Committee's investigation, sacking the DPM and the going-to-be-retired attorney-general who headed the task force in the investigation of 1MDB, the arrest and transfer of the investigating Malaysian Anti-Corruption Committee (MACC) staff, etc.

 

Your dad has indeed sent a very negative message to the public and investors.

 

ACR: We are not in the pre-www era where news travels at snail-speed and scandals can be easily covered up. Today, the global community would know in an instant if a leader of a nation is corrupt.

 

'Attacking' a recalcitrant leader using all avenues available in a democracy (including mass protest) should bolster investor confidence in the long-term. Sitting on our backsides and allowing a dictatorship free rein (as in North Korea) would assuredly get us no investors.

 

The reason financial markets here are in turmoil is because investors are not confident that the various arms of government that should ensure good governance (the police, judiciary, parliament and anti-corruption agency) are up to it.

 

Hang Babeuf: Now the PM is sending his own son out to do battle for him - and take the blows for him on the battlefield. Why the son? Why not the man himself?

 

When will this man, the PM, get himself enough backbone and guts to stand up and speak plainly for himself, to argue his own case, to come out of his pathetic hiding from the nation?

 

Instead, he offers his humiliating avoidance of the people as his "trade-mark" example of moral courage. His behaviour is simply a disgrace. Yet this man wants to be, and thinks of himself as, a leader. Woeful!

 

Onyourtoes: Yes, we know. We know better than you that our currency is plummeting, cost of living is escalating, and jobs are hard to come by.

 

There is only one solution which I think 90 percent of the people in this country would agree - your father should resign and face the consequences of his actions or inactions. There is no way out. This country deserves better. 

 

Seriously, I am a nobody and have not proven much in life but I think in all honesty I could manage this country 10 times better than your father and his minions, especially those from Sabah.


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