Kita tidak lagi mewah, contohi ahli PAS, Najib beritahu ahli Umno

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February 16, 2019 10:34 PM

Najib Razak berkata, kerjasama dengan PAS kritikal, tetapi Umno hanya boleh bangkit semula dengan sokongan masyarakat lain.

PEKAN: Bekas presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Najib Razak menggesa ahli parti itu supaya menerima kenyataan sebagai pembangkang, dengan berkata, ia bukan lagi kerajaan dan tidak mempunyai wang yang banyak untuk membiayai kegiatannya.

Bercakap kepada ahli Umno Pekan hari ini, 9 bulan selepas peletakan jawatan beliau daripada semua jawatan dalam parti berikutan kekalahan Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam pilihan raya umum 9 Mei tahun lepas, Najib memuji dedikasi ahli PAS dalam menyokong parti itu dari segi kewangan.

Katanya program PAS dibiayai oleh ahlinya sendiri.

“PAS tidak ada kuasa. Kegiatanya dibiayai melalui derma. Sedangkan apabila kita buat program, kita bertanya sama ada ada sponsor atau tidak.

“Kita mesti ubah paradigma Umno. Masa kita mewah sudah berlalu. Kita sudah dapat banyak kesenangan. Ini adalah peluang untuk memberi balik kepada parti dan tunjukkan kasih sayang kepada parti,” katanya ketika berucap kepada pemimpin bahagian dan ahli parti itu di ibu pejabat Umno Pekan.

“Ia ialah tentang apakah yang boleh kita sumbang kepada parti, bukan apakah yang kita boleh dapat daripada parti.”

Dalam ucapannya itu Najib juga menyuarakan keyakinan bahawa Umno akan bangkit semula dan keluar daripada zaman gerhananya sekarang.

Katanya walaupun kerjasama dengan PAS kritikal, Umno tidak boleh mengabaikan masyarakat bukan-Melayu, termasuk rakyat Sabah dan Sarawak.

“Kita perlukan sokongan orang Cina dan India. Jangan kita jadi ekstrem. Jangan kita kata tidak perlukan mereka,” katanya.

We’re no longer rich, let’s emulate PAS members, Najib tells Umno

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February 16, 2019 9:43 PM

Najib Razak says cooperation with PAS is critical but the party can only rise again with support from other communities.

PETALING JAYA: Former Umno president Najib Razak has urged party members to come to terms with the reality of being in the opposition, saying as it is no longer the government, it does not have a big war chest to fund its activities.

Addressing Umno members in Pekan, Pahang today some nine months after his resignation from all party posts following Barisan Nasional’s fall from power, Najib praised the dedication shown by PAS members in supporting the party financially.

He said programmes by the Islamist party were funded by their members.

“PAS doesn’t have power. Its party events are funded through donations. Whereas whenever we hold an event, we ask if there is a sponsor or not.“We must change Umno’s paradigm. The times when we were rich have passed. We have experienced all the comfort. But this is our opportunity to give back to the party and show love to the party,” Najib said in his speech to Umno divisional leaders and members at the Pekan Umno headquarters.

“It’s what we can give to the party, not what the party can give us.”

In his speech, Najib also expressed confidence that Umno would rise again and come out of its current “eclipse”.

He said although the cooperation with PAS was critical, Umno must not lose sight of the non-Malay communities including in Sabah and Sarawak.

“We need support from the Chinese and Indian communities. We should not be extreme and say we don’t need them,” said Najib.