Poor turnout shows Opposition failure, says Umno leader

JELI: The Opposition’s failure to attract participants to the “Love Malaysia, End Kleptocracy” rally in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, on Saturday shows the people are getting a better understanding of the political situation from the government, said Umno supreme council member and Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

He said it also showed that the people were starting to reject the Opposition’s agenda because the issues it presented were baseless.

“In fact, the gathering did not get a response from among their own members,” he told reporters after the Sungai Rual Orang Asli Development Programme Coordination Meeting at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Rual school hall yesterday.

In PADANG TERAP, Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the low attendance at the rally proves that the people are fed up with the Opposition’s propaganda.

“The people are fed up with all kinds of insults spewed by opposition leaders who do not show the polite culture and customs of Malaysians.

“Their leaders also played up old issues in their speeches and did not present their election manifesto,” he told reporters at an event with Padang Terap Umno division veterans yesterday.

On a remark at the rally that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was an enemy of the state, Mahdzir said it was “sheer nonsense”. – Bernama