Najib hits back at Nazri, Khairy for blaming BN loss on 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has criticised Barisan Nasional (BN) secretarygeneral Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamalluddin for blaming BN’s loss in the 14th general election on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.
Najib claimed Nazri and Khairy had based their opinions on news reports which are “inaccurate and naughty”.
“If they were present or were watching the FB Live video, they would have known what I meant with false propaganda and lies made about 1MDB. I did not say 1MDB was not the factor of BN’s loss,” he said in a Facebook post yesterday.
Najib was referring to Nazri and Khairy’s absence at the meet-and-greet session with Najib’s Facebook friends in Putra World Trade Centre on Saturday evening.
The former prime minister said that if he believed that there was nothing wrong with 1MDB, he would not have instructed the Public Accounts Committee, which consisted of government and opposition MPs, to solve the matter or handle the issue with IPIC (International Petroleum Investment Co) to obtain the missing cash.
“I do not want to go into the blame game. But I believe every one of us are responsible for the defeat.
“I took full responsibility and had relinquished all my positions and did not contest in any party position (nor was I) appointed for any posts,” he said.
Najib pointed out that he is only interested in correcting and explaining the fabrication made by Pakatan Harapan after coming into power, and to produce facts and restore his name, as well as to criticise and provide his opinions if he sees issues relating to the rakyat and country’s direction.
“Give me space to achieve these goals,” he ended in the posting.
Khairy has refuted claims that BN lost in the 14th General Elections was due to fraud.
“We lost because of 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad),” he wrote in a tweet. Nazri agreed with Khairy. “The scandal happened and the Cabinet only knew about all the decisions after the issue exploded in the media,” said the former Culture and Tourism Minister.
Najib is facing over 30 counts of graft and money laundering involving involving RM2.3 billion linked to 1MDB fund.