Najib Advises Umno, BN Leaders, Members To Do Soul-Searching And Regain People's Support

PEKAN, Nov 8 (Bernama) -- Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today advised Umno and BN leaders and members to do some soul-searching and institute change to regain the people's support.
Najib, who is the deputy prime minister, said the people had not rejected Umno and the BN but had sent a message to the government.
"What is the message? We have to analyse and find the essence of it and make changes and improvements. I am confident that the people will be with Umno and the BN come the 13th General Election," he said when opening the meeting of the Pekan Umno Division, here.
Also present were Najib's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, and Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob who is a member of the Pahang Umno Liaison Committee.
Citing his experience as an example, Najib said he won his Pekan parliamentary seat with a majority of only 241 votes in the 1999 general election.
"Some people advised me to shift (constituency) but I insisted on remaining in Pekan," he said.
He said he did some soul-searching and instituted changes by introducing several positive measures and set about with determination to regain the people's support.
Najib said these efforts enabled him to win the seat in the 2004 general election with a majority of 22,922 votes.
He also said that the political tsunami of the last general election, in March this year, had little effect on the Pekan constituency.

tunku : first of all those who should do the soul searching needs to have a soul in the first place. if they do not have one then they will never be able to search one as they can only see self interest first.