Dr M sees Najib as errand boy

ARCHIVES 2012

By admin-s On Dec 27, 2012

And Mahathir’s declaration that Rosmah has the right to stay ‘high profile’ is actually a death sentence.

Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, Free Malaysia Today

Why was Najib Tun Razak profusely complimenting Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the recent Umno general assembly while blithely ignoring his immediate predecessor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi?

The reason is because Najib didn’t have the presence of mind to do what is honorable.

Abdullah who must also have been sitting somewhere in front was cavalierly, not cleverly, brushed aside by Najib.

Didn’t Abdullah achieve anything during his short stint as prime minister?

Truth is Najib never had an iota of appreciation or respect for the colourless Abdullah. Abdullah has been and still is the object of Mahathir’s invectives.

The Sun newspaper reported that in the run-up to the 2008 elections, Mahathir had openly criticised Abdullah’s administration despite the latter being the man Mahathir had handpicked to take over the top job after he decided to step down.

Najib’s enthusiastic outpouring was because he did not want his number two Muhyiddin Yassin to outshine him.

When Muhyidin spoke and mentioned Mahathir, he got thunderous applause on each occasion.

So, Najib added those ritualistic outpouring of love for the “man who can walk on water”.

He knows Mahathir remains a powerful force behind the scenes.

Najib cares less for Umno

Listening to both Muhyiddin and Najib, everyone in the hall and outside knew that Mahathir still called the shots in Umno.

Najib is not PM material and Mahathir knows this. To him Najib is just an errand boy who will soon outlive his usefulness.

So what can Najib do? Well, he will have to ensure his men are chosen to be candidates in the next election.

His winnable candidates criteria means loyalty to him above all else. Umno, as far as Najib is concerned can go to the dogs.

Was Mahathir impressed by Najib’s low class histrionics and dramatisation? Definetly not.

Also notable is that Najib knows that Mahathir can’t stand the sight of his wife, Rosmah Mansor.