Make Right Decision, Don't Allow T'ganu Return To darkness Era Under PAS, Says Najib

 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Wednesday asked the people of Terengganu to make the 'right and accurate' decision in Sunday's election to ensure the oil-rich state does not revert to 'darkness era' under PAS' administration before.

Borrowing the slogan of BN's Besut parliamentary candidate Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, 'Do You Still Remember', the prime minister reminded the people on how PAS, during its administration, had closed kindergartens, failed to manage garbage collection and did not honour its promise to implement hudud law (Islamic Penal Code) in the state.

"If the people continue to give their mandate to BN, God willing, the National Transformation Policy will be continued and Terengganu's landscape will undergo a major change in the next few years," said Najib, who is also BN chairman, when addressing 10,000 people at the national-level Excellent Rural Area Award at Kampung Bukit Wan, in Setiu.

Also present were Najib's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, who is also BN's candidate for Kijal state seat, and Idris, the coalition's aspirant for the Besut parliamentary seat.

Najib said he believed the people would continue to give their mandate to the present state government to ensure Terengganu remained under BN.

He urged the people to give a strong mandate to BN to enable the coalition to form the next federal government.

Taking a swipe at the opposition pact, the prime minister said the PAS-PKR-DAP pact, was merely political as they do not pursue the same struggles and ideology.

"This is all politics...friendship with Kit Siang is also politics...Hadi has admitted he does not agree with DAP nd PKR.

"If you don't agree, why form a pact?" he asked.

"When you want to form a pact but in the heart, you disagree, this means a crack waiting to break up. So, how are to trust the opposition?" he asked.

Najib said he believed the people would continue to give their mandate to the present state government to ensure Terengganu remained under BN.

He also urged the people to give a strong mandate to BN to enable the coalition to form the next federal government.

Najib then slammed parliamentary opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for promising to reduce fuel price, which he described as 'play acting', when looking at current developments in Indonesia following the government's decision to raise oil price.

"He (Anwar) thinks it's easy to reduce fuel prices, lower electricity and water tariff and abolish study loans taken from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation?" If it's easy, why other countries didn't do it?

"Indonesia, a bigger oil producer than us also wants to raise oil price as the government has to pay heavy subsidy, which is burdensome," he said.

The prime minister said the government had decided to give the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) and not to reduce fuel price to ensure there was no leakage in the aid disbursement and only the eligible reap the benefits.

Najib urged the people to evaluate the Opposition's 'reformasi' that caused disunity among the people while BN's transformation agenda invited the people to perform better for the nation.

He said, as the government, the BN had a clear vision for the people's bright future under the national transformation agenda, with the rural transformation plan as among the main agenda.

Najib said the people in rural areas were giving solid support to BN on the trust and confidence that only the BN government could change the livelihood of the rural community.

"I believe the rural folk are rallying behind BN because they are disappointed with the play-acting and the lies told by the opposition all these while.

"Wherever I went, I can see the people in kampungs and rural areas are hardcore BN supporters.

"When I ask myself (what's the basis for increasing support), I can conclude that the rural community can see that all these while it is the BN government that has changed their livelihood," he said to the people's applause.

Najib said the BN was enjoying increasing support from the people because the rural folk appreciated the BN's 'promises kept' principle.

"So, if the people want to reap the fruits of a bright future, they cannot rely on the Opposition, but only with BN," he stressed.

Najib will also meet Volunteer Reserve Corp personnel before attending 'an evening with the prime minister' gathering at Mengkabang Telipot this evening as part of his one-day visit to Terengganu Wednesday.

The prime minister arrived in Setiu in the morning as part of his nationwide whirlwind tour to galvanise support from the people for Sunday's general election.