Dialogue was a bad idea says Salleh Keruak

No one would have been interested in what the PM had to say, they would have wanted Najib and Mahathir to engage in a war of words.

(Bernama) – Sabah state assembly speaker Salleh Said Keruak said the planned but eventually-cancelled public dialogue today called Nothing2Hide between Prime Minister Najib Razak and non-governmental organisations was a bad idea.

Writing in his blog, the former Sabah chief minister said no one would have been interested in what the prime minister had to say.

Instead, they would have wanted Najib and Dr Mahathir, who turned up for the dialogue this morning, to engage in a war of words.

Salleh said he was actually quite relieved the event was called off.

The dialogue was supposed to start at 10am, in the Dewan Tun Hussein Onn of the Putra World Trade Centre but was called off on the orders of the police to ensure public order and safety.

The Prime Minister’s Office disclosed that Najib did not attend the programme due to security reasons as advised by Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.