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Najib's game - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Kleptocrat in Chief
Malaysiakini : ā€œIs there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?ā€ - Peter Hitchens
COMMENT | Last year, when Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo nixed the idea of state-owned media broadcasting live telecasts of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razakā€™s court trials, I thought the government had dodged the bullet when it came to shots fired by the media-savvy former prime minister.
Najibā€™s lead counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah thought it was a good idea, supposedly for transparency issues, for the trials to be telecast live. The reality is that since Pakatan Harapan came into power, Najib has been playing a better game with the base than Harapan political operatives whose strategy seems to be to make a martyr out of the former prime minister.
I have no idea who would sign this petition for a live telecast of Najibā€™s trail, but apparently, there are people out there who think that this is a good idea. I have no idea why they would think this. Keep in mind that Najib was not displaced by a Malay tsunami.
While the prime minister, the prime minister-in-waiting and numerous Harapan officials continue the strategy of attacking Najib, what they miss is that the allegations against Najib did not remove him from Umno, it did not result in a populist revolt in the Umno base, and it has not resulted in disavowal from the Umno establishment.
In leaving it to the relevant authorities, but supporting the idea of a live telecast, prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim (below) said: "It has never happened before, but there is good in it because the rakyat deserve to know how much of the country's money was robbed."

Really? You think the rakyat arenā€™t aware of the corruption of the state and individuals? The more important question is, why wasnā€™t there a Malay tsunami since the historic Harapan win? With this in mind, is endorsing a live telecast, where Najib gets to play the victim, the best way to gain the support and trust of the base, which Umno/PAS have had more success courting?
Harapan has been successful in chipping away at Umno with the crossovers from jittery Umno political operatives, and not by legitimate means like the ballot box. I have no idea what kind of strategists are advising the Harapan political elite, but they should not be playing Najibā€™s game.
Maybe the ballot box isnā€™t such a good strategy either. Remember the Cameron Highlands by-election? This is what Lim Kit Siang (below) said: ā€œThe first national objective of the Cameron Highlands by-election is therefore for the Cameron Highlands voters to represent the nation to say three "Nos, viz No to Najib, No to Najib's political comeback and No to Najib returning to Putrajaya as prime minister.ā€

This misguided strategy that vilifying Najib translates to electoral gains is slowly chipping away at Harapan. Of Najibā€™s victory in Cameron Highlands, I wrote: ā€œThis was also a victory for PAS. The scandal surrounding Najib has also left a stink on PAS. Najib walking around and being embraced by the rural Orang Asal community is a powerful symbol to the more conservative PAS-inclined communities. It demonstrates some form of redemption, which is a narrative that PAS has been pushing ever since it hooked up with Umno.ā€
There are some people who think that Najib should be in an orange jumpsuit, and this, to me, is bizarre. Not that I think that alleged criminals should be treated differently, but in the current circumstances, all this would do is feed the narrative that weak Malay political operatives are conspiring with non-Malay political usurpers to further demean and humiliate a former Malay prime minister who is showing contrition, even if he has not admitted to his crimes. How do you think this plays out to the base which realises that Harapan Malay political structures desperately want their votes?
The mistake some people make is they think the Malay base is stupid. Much of this has to do with the confusing messaging when it comes to the Malay base from the Malay power structures in Harapan. On the one hand, we get the Johor MB claiming: ā€œSince a long time ago, Malays have been frightened with the assumption that their position is under threat. This is no more than nonsensical political rhetoric propagated by those who cling onto political patronage,ā€ and on the other a prime minister who said, "But when the rich belong to one race, and the poor, another race, the potential for conflict is much greater."
Part of this is the media's fault. Everything Najib says is newsworthy and every time he says something, there is no shortage of Harapan political operatives taking the bait and responding in the press, thus giving oxygen to a fight that only serves the former prime minister.

Ipoh Timur MP Wong Kah Woh (above) asks what Najib is afraid of when it comes to his trials for corruption as the former prime minister claims to want his trials televised, but makes numerous actions to delay his trials.
Donā€™t you get it Wong? Both are legitimate strategies. One is a legal strategy, the other public relations strategy. Is this so hard for you to understand? Of course, you know this. And truth be told, the Umno/PAS base also knows this.
I get that Wong is playing to his base, but the time for playing to the base is over. Harapan and its supporters are behaving like the Americans, the Democrats and their supporters when it comes to the Robert S Mueller report.
The Democrats did gangbusters in the mid-term elections, not because of the Mueller investigation, but because of healthcare. While Democrat partisans voted because of the allegations of collusion and obstruction of justice against US President Donald Trump, polling data revealed there was a shift because the healthcare issue resonated across the board.
I have only written a couple of articles on Najib since the historic Harapan win because the attention should be focused on the Harapan regime. Harapanā€™s continued obsession with Najib could be their downfall.
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