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Najib: Change or die

His speech at the launch of a book entitled "Politik Baru" (New Politics) written by Deputy Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah comes just three days after the BN lost the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election to PAS by a convincing margin.

"We are aware that in a democratic system, the people are the ultimate determiner of which party should form the government," he said.

"In implementing all the required changes, the BN, whether it liked it or not, needed able leaders who are knowledgeable in the fields entrusted to them. Leaders, should be 'glocal' in their ways of thinking, with ideas transcending national boundaries, but with soul firmly rooted in their homeland.

"Malaysians are mature enough to gauge their leaders. They are no longer impressed with the rhetoric of changes which are nothing but plain rhetorics. They want results. They want to see actual changes taking place," he said.

Najib said the wave of change sweeping around the world today required the country not only to have leaders with sweet smiles and pleasant personalities but also those with wisdoms and ideas.
He said there should never be a disconnect between the people's aspiration and the government's goal. adding that the BN government was always responsive to changes and new ways of doing things.

Changes had now become a dominant theme in global politics, Najib said.

United States president-elect Barack Obama, during his campaign trail for instance, had been appealing to the American people's sense of hope and idealism and not their fear and hatred, said Najib.

"This has triggered a wave of change in the history of American politics," he said.

Najib also said access to information superhighway and pay-per-view satellite television had exposed the Malaysian public to the explosion of information and this had brought about new dimensions in the empowerment of Malaysians as voters.

Najib congratulated Saifuddin for finding time to write the book despite his busy schedule as a member of the administration.

The 178-page book in Malay and English discusses politics in the context of governance and the lesson that can be learned from the 12th general election.

Saifuddin said the idea for book came from his desire to contribute towards the flourishment of knowledge and to help enrich the political discourse in the country. - Bernama

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The news is not the one which caught my eyes, its the trailing picture:


Looks like as if he hold the book backward!