BN to uphold five principles to remain relevant: Najib
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Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Barisan
Nasional will uphold the principles of being moderate, progressive,
centrist, inclusive and fair as it continues to champion the interest of
the people.
The Prime Minister said the Barisan
rejects communal politics and extremism to safeguard what had been built
by the coalition’s founding fathers.
“As
the Prime Minister and Barisan chairman, I will maintain this cause, in
line with the party and the Government,” he said, adding that the voices
of the Barisan component parties would be heard.
“We try to achieve consensus. We may not
be able to agree 100% (all the time), but we’ll try as far as possible
to accommodate all views.
“This is the spirit of Barisan,” he said when opening the Gerakan 42nd National Delegates Conference here yesterday.
On Gerakan, Najib said the party was progressive in maintaining a moderate stance since its beginnings.
For this reason, his late father, second
prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein and Gerakan president Tun Lim
Chong Eu founded the Barisan 40 years ago.
Najib said he was happy to see Gerakan staying true friends of Barisan and had made efforts to re-invent itself.
“Under the leadership of Lim, Penang
flourished. Ironically, the state has become a challenge to us, not
because of our failure but because of the success of the Barisan’s
policies,” he said.
Najib said the younger generation were not attracted to the development politics approach.
“To some extent, we have become a victim
of our success,” he said, adding that they had to change to meet the
people’s needs and that he had started the change by introducing various
transformation programmes.
Outgoing Gerakan acting president Datuk
Chang Ko Youn reminded delegates that Gerakan was borne out of a vision
for a fairer, just and equitable and inclusive Malaysia.
He also said that the “Razak spirit of 1974” had been forgotten by many leaders within Barisan.
“Many have forgotten that Tun Razak advocated a model of conciliatory and not punitive politics,” he said.
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