GE14 | AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has commended caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak for putting the people first.

"I always used to say to the government and the prime minister: Put people first, then the decision becomes easy.

"AirAsia has gone from two planes to 230 planes. From 200,000 passengers, this year we carried 89 million passengers," he said in a video uploaded on the NegaraKru YouTube channel.

"And I believe the prime minister puts people first and allowed AirAsia to grow despite opposition from all over the place.

"I think the government and the prime minister put not Tony Fernandes, not AirAsia first, not other GLCs, but puts the country first and puts what Malaysians would benefit the most (first)," he added.

NegaraKru has been uploading videos of personalities lauding the Najib administration's policies, without overtly urging viewers to vote for BN.

Meanwhile, Fernandes said the Najib administration's policies had helped AirAsia grow over the past 10 years.

He then urged voters not to choose based on hearsay, but to vote based on facts.

"And AirAsia is a fact. We have grown from two planes to 230 planes. We have grown due to market-based policies through protectionism being brought down," he said.

He said such policies would allow more companies to thrive, more jobs being created and more meritocracy.

"That is the Malaysia I dream for," he added.

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