Najib: It is a 'people's victory'

Published: Jan 26, 2019 9:14 PM | Updated: Jan 26, 2019 11:18 PM

CAMERON POLLS | Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak says BN's win in Cameron Highlands is a "people's victory."

"Thank you to all the voters who chose BN, including in Felda, villages, and Orang Asli villages.

"This is a people's victory," Najib tweeted tonight.

BN candidate Ramli Mohd Nor beat Pakatan Harapan's M Manogaran with a 3,238-vote majority.

Najib had campaigned for four days in Cameron Highlands, and was often greeted at events by an enthusiastic crowd.

Think tank Ilham Centre had predicted yesterday that his presence would be among the deciding factors for a BN win.

Meanwhile, former Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein said on Twitter that he believed Ramli would make being a "voice for the people" his cause in Parliament.

Ramli is the first ever Orang Asli member of Parliament in Malaysian history.

This is BN's first win in a by-election since the 14th general election.

It also marks a continuing trend in by-elections where incumbent parties retain their seats.

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Kit Siang congratulates Ramli for being first Orang Asli MP

Hadi: BN win a rejection of DAP's 'extreme politics'

Mat Hasan thanks PAS for helping BN retain Cameron

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Najib: It is a 'people's victory'

Official: BN retains Cameron, Ramli to be first Orang Asli MP

Bersih: Manogaran's shirt excuse flimsy, EC must file police report

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The victory proves 2 things. Malaysians can have a free and fair election now. and 2. If its a rural Malay majority community with mainly older voters dependent on old BN policies for years, it's normal for them to lean on the side of BN. Somehow, the corruption scandals are distant drum-beats and the greater fear is their 'loss of power' as ketuanans. Note that Jibby didn't turn up with bejewelled Rosie. PH should have rounded up Cameron's young urbanised sons and daughters to do some house to house campaigning. But not to worry. PH will learn to do it better next round. Should start working on it NOW.

Apa ini11:55 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Malaysia is a democracy. Every election win is a people's victory. It's normal. No wander Najib is ex PM.

PinkMouse322506:29 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Bn in past did not seem orang asli fit to be a mp...this change to win is a good thing for orang asli drawn in bipartisan politics. ..hopefully he does a good job.

dirtbag05:50 AM, 27 Jan 2019

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Apa ini11:55 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Malaysia is a democracy. Every election win is a people's victory. It's normal. No wander Najib is ex PM.

PinkMouse322506:29 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Bn in past did not seem orang asli fit to be a mp...this change to win is a good thing for orang asli drawn in bipartisan politics. ..hopefully he does a good job.

dirtbag05:50 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Let see how good Cameron can be under BN, Dumno!

Merdeka9May201804:59 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Put u in jail is the real PEOPLE'S VICTORY..WE ARE STILL WAITING... THIEF!!!

Merdeka9May201804:58 AM, 27 Jan 2019

It didn't make any differences. BN is still the opposition. PH is still the government. Orang Asal would still remained as Orang Asal. Najib and Rosmah would still be sent to jail. The true voice of the people is through PRU not PRK. But it did give a BN some little relief after almost a year in frustration and alerted PH government to get out of comfort zone immediately. It is a blessed to PH as an early warning that people can change at any time. Anyway the loser is always PAS....

Love Malaysia03:36 AM, 27 Jan 2019

HARAPAN MALAYSIA BARU TANPA BERKAUMAN...YOU ARE THE VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS!!!BRILLIANT REMARK!!!LEADERS FROM COMPONENT PARTIES OF PH ARE WEAK...WEAK...WEAK!!!WHY!!! WHY!!! WHY!!!.....the najis is allowed to speak and roam freely!!! and frequently!!!PH LEADERS HAVE NO BRAINS OR NO BALLS!!!

CHANGE crystallizes to exciting and happy times ahead02:13 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Ha ha ha ha what a joke...a people's victory??? You dreaming or hallucinating?? You took over PAS votes thats all...GE 14 a people's victory not a by election!!! Wake up you have so many charges and still so thick skin going around talking as if you are still in power.

9th of May01:48 AM, 27 Jan 2019

People reject empty promises, patronage and greed policies of the 80s/90s, planting of Daim boys everywhere, incompetence in handling palm oil issues, lack of direction in education reform, record high government budget but none is felt on the ground, rising prices and lack of jobs, third national car, singing the old debt song while folks suffer and soon technology players will migrate en masses due to over-regulation. People are beginning to realise that even though Pakatan is better from moral and principle standpoint, PH will need to translate public trust into a better quality of life. Maybe after handling BN a whitewash in GE14 and after all criminals are sent to prison, after cleaning up the system, perhaps BN will become a choice for the people again as seen in this Cameron Highlands by-election.

Idiocracy01:46 AM, 27 Jan 2019

Victory for BN? It's a test if this person is talk cxxx or can really do things for the people. Right now all the opposition are cxxx talker NATO.

ME12301:16 AM, 27 Jan 2019

It does not mean victory = great things to come. It means the people in CH deserve what they chose.

Dai Jek Kong12:23 AM, 27 Jan 2019

It is a wake up call for Perkatan. Hope PH is not arrogant after this.

Anonymous Cat11:29 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Yes,it is indeed a 'people's victory' for they are the ones who voted Ramli into Parliament. The sad part of this victory is the reports that some of the rural folks apparently still think you are worthy of honor. Sigh....so be it, if there are rakyat who still respect a corrupt kleptocrat like you, it just shows PH really has to buck up to avoid becoming a one term government!!

Mortality10:35 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Cameron Highlands voted for Ramli and got the BN they so deserve. This by election also serves to underscore the relevance of "race and religion" in PASNO politics. It is contingent upon Pakatan leaders to revisit their current strategy of trying to match PASNO when it comes to ketuanan and bigotry politics and quickly chart a new course consistent with their GE14 mandate to deliver changes for a more progressive and inclusive Malaysia baru.

Roger 520110:22 PM, 26 Jan 2019

This is what I mean when the Grand Thief is allowed to roam around freely and allowed to speak freely despite the fact is a tested positive criminal. Unless Dr Mahatir want Najib to poison the Malay mind. I wonder why take centuries to convict Najib. Do you want Najib to create more damage before he is pardoned. Is Najib given more time to be pardoned. If I had a simple crime like stealing a goat I would be charged probably jailed. However Najib a criminal is allowed to roam around freely and allowed to make speeches. Which country in the world allow proven criminal to roam around and make inflammatory speech and poison the mind of the public and allowed to keep his loot. Only in Malaysia and only with the help of Dr Mahatir.

MALAYSIA A NEW ERA09:06 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Sorry it's not "people's victory". It's Orang Asli who's I'll informed and cut off from the real world. Go live with them Bugis Penyamun if you really care about them. ???

GreenDragon436406:02 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Which people najib? You, your umno and your new found partner pas, not only destroyed the image and dignity of the malays but the future of this country. You, hadi and your ilks will pay heavily for your arrogance and sins for God is always great. The self destruction of people like you and hadi has begun. Remember that God is always on the side of the good.

VioletGecko890805:09 PM, 26 Jan 2019

First up congratulations to Ramli Mohd Nor. That an Orang Asli won for the first time in Malaysian election history even as a proxy is a cause celebre except it is to BN’s credit! Secondly Manoharan was a hapless candidate. Largely a victim of circumstances he botched up too. He may be committed but bad luck comes in threes so the writing is on the wall for him. My commiserations to the DAP who stood valiantly by him. But the most worrisome aspect was how the dark schisms of race and religion reigned supreme and stark. It wasn’t just a case of BN and PAS’s rabidly racist message per usual practice to Muslim voters including the OA. Despite all the talk where was the ‘harapan’ to the voters of CH? Yes everyone made the mandatory token appearance but where was the united effort if this was to be the final showdown after years of BN rule especially when victory was nearly delivered on a platter with the court ruling. It is quite misleading to think that the average rural voter was going to be swayed merely by what PH didn’t deliver to date or by Najib’s well documented shenanigans. The rural Muslim voter rallied to the familiar clarion call circa BN to vote for race and religion and for more of the same promises in a BN controlled state with a history of well-oiled election machinery and deliverance to the faithful that only had to preach to the converted. Meanwhile it was conspicuously left only to the DAP to work the ground in the mixed constituencies. But many in these constituencies fell for the same warm fuzzy promises too. And to the average rural person government is about deliverance on bread and butter issues and better still handouts. Transparency, integrity and accountability are not consumables for those who are dependent on a government that gives them fish without teaching them how to. The ECRL, the Seafield riots even bungling Mazlee weren’t ponderables for the majority of the voters.

Vent05:05 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Jibby has became a chameleon during the CH by election as the OA thought he is still the PM. OA settlement has been deprived on needed information and they need to have better internet coverage in order to know what is happening in Malaysia. Let them know what is happening about Jibby and Co.

IndigoCloud4568328305:04 PM, 26 Jan 2019

Ah Jib, CH win by BN has nothing to do with you....PERIOD!..SG B HILTON waiting for you to check in but you never be able to check out.

Bornean04:55 PM, 26 Jan 2019