KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 – To Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the High Court’s declaration that Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin is the rightful Perak mentri besar is a dark day in Umno’s history.
Addressing the guests at a dinner here last night to celebrate Umno’s 63rd anniversary, the Umno president said: “Tonight’s celebration has been tarnished by today’s court decision. The courts has banned Umno before but we rose and created a new Umno that is stronger.’’
Najib told the audience that Umno had a long history of service to the people but the younger generation had forgotten about the party’s contributions.
He said that the younger generation only read about Umno’s deeds in textbooks but are not able to relate to it.
“Because of Umno, people are now open minded and critical. Their minds are open because of our education policies. People are tired of rhetoric and would like to see what we have to offer of our future.
“We must change in accordance to our constitution and national principles. We live in a multi-racial country and Umno must not only get the support of Malays but also our partners in Barisan Nasional,” he explained.
Najib also emphasised that the party must listen to the people and that its leaders must accept Umno’s new culture.
“Umno’s new culture is the willingness to serve the interests of the people first, be humble and visit the grassroots,’’ he explained.
Najib reminded Umno leaders that they must not underestimate the value of good deeds as people will always remember them.
Borrowing from – but contradicting – Shakespeare, “... when Marc Anthony buried Julius Caesar: The evil that men do lives after them; ‘The good is oft interred with their bones’,” Najib added: “I do not agree with Shakespeare because mankind will always value the good.”
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