Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said civil servants in the country were more patriotic than certain quarters because they were loyal and stood firm behind the government in its efforts to safeguard religious, national and state interests.
The prime minister said no other party could afford to safeguard these interests as had been done by the government that administered the country at present.
“Don’t be not proud of being Malaysian. If you are not proud, go far away, no need to stay here.
“He is already rich, family is rich, elder brother has luxury cars and listed as among the richest persons in Malaysia.
“What else? Want to get more angry with Malaysia? Malaysia is where our livelihood lies, our birthplace and God willing where are buried when the time comes.
“This is the Malaysia we built through the spirit of patriotism,” he said when speaking at a meeting with Kelantan federal and civil servants at the Wisma Persekutuan compound here today.
Over 10,000 civil servants attended the event, which was also attended by International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed, Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.
The prime minister hoped that civil servants did not make mistakes and could think reasonably and not pawn the principle of struggle and moral values solely to fulfil personal needs.
“Just because we don’t get what we want, we want to bite the hands that feed us.
“Because of what? Because he cannot get what he wanted. This is not about personal matter. It’s about our future, the future of all of us, our children and grandchildren.
"(Right now) PAS people have already understood, (they) were taken for a ride by certain parties.
“He wants to hug with a person we have condemned and he condemned us. Where did he place his principles and consideration for race, religion and country,” he said.
He also reminded civil servants not to be easily swayed by the sweet promises made by certain quarters that tried to gain their support, especially in the coming 14th general election.
No reduction in size
“(I am sure that) civil servants are aware that in our system, we cannot spend more than our revenue… but they (the opposition) have been talking about reducing the size of the civil service.
"Some even insult civil servants saying that they are low class and are also subjected all kinds of name-calling… and I can tell you this, my government is not going to reduce the size of the civil service.
“In fact, the opposition even mentioned that they will abolish the GST. Where to get the RM44 billion then? The opposition are only good at telling lies,” said Najib.
The prime minister added that he was also determined to put Malaysia among the top 20 countries in the world if the Barisan Nasional-led government continued to receive the people's mandate and strong support from civil servants.
“There is no reason why we cannot achieve that and fulfill our dreams. However, we have to cross one bridge first (the general election).
"When we have crossed that bridge and are on the side, we can build a government that is not only stable, but firm and strong.
“You as civil servants are opinion leaders, you can influence others too,” he said.
At the event, Najib reiterated on some of Malaysia's success stories like fostering very good relations with other countries such as Saudi Arabia and the US which saw Malaysia continue to be highly regarded by the world community.
- Bernama
