BUKIT SENTOSA: Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, in his first day of campaign for Hulu Selangor by-election tonight, unveiled his latest ammunition against PKR: "I know all their secrets.”
Speaking to 2,000 party loyalists at the BN command centre here, he said the secrets were spilled by two former PKR-turned-independent MPs Zulkifli Noordin (Kulim Bandar Baru) and Zahrain Mohamed Hashim (Bayan Baru) during their recent trip to the United States.
"PKR is in chaos because now we know its secrets. Both Zahrain and Zulkifli came to see me in my room every night to divulge the sordid details regarding PKR.
"Now we know its secrets inside out, sampai seluar dalam dia pun kita tahu," said Najib, drawing laughter from the crowd.
According to him, he now knows "how their fitnah (slander) and character assassinations were planned.
"But I do not want to elaborate. It is enough that they, I and God know," he said.
Najib also accused PKR of "twisting" the intention of his bilateral talk with US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.
"But PKR manipulated it to make it look like I 'kow-tow' to the US. If we didn't have bilateral talks with Obama, it have said that is because Malaysia is a second class compared to others.
"They (PKR leaders) are experts at spinning stories," said Najib, to the crowd's applause.
'We met as equals'
However, he explained that he and Obama met as "equals" and he did not bow down to the US.
"If we have a good engagement with the other side, we can easily get our point across. We don't have to agree on everything, we can disagree in a nice and respectable way," he said.
Najib also clarified that he was the only leader at the summit who pushed for peace in the crisis-plagued Middle East, adding that if he really “kow tow” to the US, he wouldn't have spoken up.
Without mentioning Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim's name throughout his speech, he also noted the former's allegations that his 1Malaysia concept is linked to One Israel through the public relations firm Apco, which conceived both concepts.
"His desperation to win votes has caused him his friends in the US who now realise that he is a two-faced leader," he said.
Referendum on BN
Shifting his focus on the by-election, Najib described it as a referendum on the ruling coalition's "clear sense of direction" to the country's success.
He also explained that this is why he has broken the tradition of a prime minister not being on a by-election campaign trail.
"But this by-election is special because it is taking place in Selangor and besides, I am the BN chairman and Selangor liaison chief," he said to thunderous applause.
On a serious note, he admitted that the main issue in Selangor is public sceptism that the government can deliver on its promises.
"I want to tell the people that BN will keep to its words. Our track record has proven this," said Najib.
He also urged all Malaysian Indians in Hulu Selangor to vote for P Kamalanathan as it would fulfil the 1Malaysia concept.
"We already have two assemblymen from Umno and one from MCA here. An MIC MP would complete this picture," he said, as way of introducing Kamalanathan to the people.
This is the first time Najib has met Kamalanathan since the announcement of his candidacy last Thursday.
BN is set to face a tough fight from PKR's heavyweight Zaid Ibrahim this Sunday.
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