PM: BN MAKES POLICIES TO FULFIL DREAMS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Many initiatives devised for them, says Najib
THE Barisan Nasional government is for young people as all policies and plans, including the Transformasi Nasional 2050 (TN50) initiative, were designed to fit the lives of young Malaysians and to safeguard their future.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said a leader’s responsibility was not just to play politics or to make long-term and populist policies, but to formulate policies that would fulfil the dreams of young people.
“We had formulated policies based on a vision and a huge concept to fulfil the dreams, aspirations, ambitions and also the hopes of young people.
“If our country continues to be led by (the) BN government, the dreams of young people will be fulfilled,” said the BN chairman.
Najib was speaking at the closing of the Malaysia 4B Youth Movement Day celebration here yesterday.
He said 80,000 aspirations of young Malaysians had been collected, and would be filtered and merged as the basis for the formulation of the TN50 blueprint.
Najib said initiatives had been designed by the BN government for youth, including the technical and vocational education and training programme which would be launched soon, and the Youth Parliament and the Youth City.
“The Youth City will be established in three states, with the first in Tanjung Malim, Perak. If BN wins in Selangor, then we can have one in Selangor.”
Najib said the government was open to public opinion, including from youth, unlike one of his predecessors, and that had been one of the reasons why he abolished the Internal Security Act after being appointed as the prime minister on April 3, 2009.
“It is because we do not want our society to be controlled and intimidated by a leader who is deemed a dictator or autocratic.
“Everything must be done according to the legal process. If it is wrong, let the court decide.”
Najib said his government had been implementing policies that provided civil liberties so that the people would be more open in voicing out their opinions.
However, he said the people should be responsible and make criticisms based on facts and not mere fabrications, such as the allegation about the presence of 40,000 Bangladeshi voters in the last general election.
“If we had cheated, BN would not have lost in Selangor, Penang and Kelantan. We didn’t cheat. We formed the government based on the votes we received from the people,” he said.
“We will return the (Shah Alam) stadium to the Red Giants.”
At the event attended by over 10,000 youths from across the country, Najib also launched the 4B Youth — Friend of BN machinery, which will be deployed to help the party in the 14th General Election.
Present were Urban Wellbeing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar, who is also Selangor BN chairman, and Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron.