What’s wrong if I speak up, Najib asks Nazri

What’s wrong if I speak up, Najib asks Nazri

Soo Wern Jun

 

4 days ago

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KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Najib Razak said his resignation from Umno posts did not mean he should not speak out on current issues, after former minister Nazri Aziz told him to distance from the party.

Najib said he felt obliged to respond to accusations against the administration he had led.

“I am also entitled to defend my policies and to clear the perceptions and some of the manipulation of facts and figures by the new government,” Najib told reporters today.

“I think that’s only fair. Self-defence is a right given to any individual and citizen, that is why I am exercising my right to explain our policies and the reason why we have done certain things,” he said.

Yesterday, Nazri questioned Najib for being vocal, saying the former Umno president was making it hard for the party to move on in the wake of its general election defeat.

He also said it was time for Umno to stop associating itself with Najib.

Najib had actively campaigned for Barisan Nasional in the recent Sungai Kandis by-election. He has also been issuing statements criticising various policies of the Pakatan Harapan government.

Najib today said he had not interfered in party matters following his resignation from Umno after the May polls.

“I have not interfered in the administration of Umno, for example, in the appointment of office bearers, and in deciding the candidate for Sungai Kandis,” he said, adding that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has his full support.

He said he was only carrying out his duties as an MP.