KEPALA BATAS, Aug 17 – UMNO president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hold a press conference on Sunday said the political fund received an exclusive right of the president and treasurer of the party and not discussed openly. He said that even matters related to political funds has never been discussed in a closed meeting of the party and the UMNO supreme council.
“When I became deputy Pak Lah (former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi), I never questioned Pak Lah. I know it is a matter for the party president. As soon as the election filthy lucre (money) enough, that’s all we want to know. How can the president of the fund, who donated it to the discretion of the president. Why should I questioned my time as president of the party,” he said.
Opening the meeting of the representatives of the Division Head of the Border here, the Prime Minister said that as president of UMNO he practiced the same principles as the previous president. He said what he do is for the benefit of the party and not for the personal. Besides that, what he is doing is not illegal.
Najib said the deputy of Abdullah, he never questioned the former Umno president of affairs known to all the rights and the discretion of the president. Similarly, the former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said he defended Dr Mahathir for 22 years as prime minister.
Dr Mahathir replied fact that he only spent RM10 million for the general election. “If you make a statement that must be reasonable, he is spending RM10 million. I have parliamentary seats mental deposits with DUN (State Legislative Assembly) minimum spending RM41 million, not including another billboard (billboard). Come to think criticism should be basic, reasonable, (this) even irrational at all,” said Najib.
At the function, Najib also announced the approval of construction projects School Bertam Putra worth RM36 million, the National School Bertam Putra (RM25 million) as well as the upgrading of the road from the bridge Tuanku Abdul Rahman to Merdeka Bridge Seberang Perai Utara, from two lanes to four lanes.
