Waytha wants Najib to quit as PM

The Hindraf leader calls Najib a weakling who does not have the will to fulfill promises made in the MOU between Hindraf and BN.


KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf chairman P Waythamoorthy today called on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to step down from office as he had betrayed the Indians by not fulfilling the promises made in the MOU signed prior to the 13th GE.

Making the call at a press conference here today, Waythamoorthy said Najib does not have the requisite will and courage to meet the demands made in the memorandum.

He further vented his disappointment with Najib, saying that over the eight months he had held 16 meetings with the premier to push the demands forward, as well as to obtain the necessary budget but Najib failed him.

Waythamoorthy, labelling Najib as a weak leader, said it was time he passed on the leadership to a more credible person.

In a bold move last week Waythamoorthy relinquished all his positions in the government and had apologised to the Indian community for failing them in getting their demands met by the Barisan Nasional government.

Hindraf’s list of demands were contained in a MOU signed by Hindraf and the BN government prior to the 2013 General Election, in May last year.

Waythamoorthy was appointed senator and subsequently deputy minister to carry out initiatives for the Indian community as contained in the MOU.

Najib cheated the Indians

Waythamoorthy also deemed Feb 10, 2014 as a black day for the Indian community as it became clear that Najib would not be making his promises good.

“As the leadership of Hindraf and I have often said, the day we realise that we will not be able to ‘operationalise’ the agreement, we will leave the government.

“We have no more to do there and the only reason for our participation in the government was to materialise the agreement,” said Waythamoorthy.

He also added that they never expected Najib to renegade on the promises made since he is the Prime Minister.

“We boldly went ahead and supported BN in spite of all the criticism thrown at us for supporting our enemy in GE13.

“He has stooped this low to cheat his own poor people and in full view of the world,” added Waythamoorthy.

Waythamoorthy wants fellow Malaysians to witness what the Prime Minister has effectively done as the chief executive of the country.

He also called Najib a liar for telling the public that he did not discuss his resignation beforehand.

“The Prime Minister has further lied to all Malaysians when he said that I did not discuss with him on my resignation.

“BN should be ashamed to be led by a leader who openly lies and deceives the people on a written contract he made in public,” said Waythamoorthy.