PORT DICKSON: The Opposition has lost ideas on means to garner support from the public following the successes of government in leading the country.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the country has a solid foundation for further development and many parties including the World Bank and international investors are confident of the country’s current economy.
“If you listen to them (the opposition), it’s bad (country’s economy). Everything is not right, the country is going bankrupt,” he said during his speech at the Majlis Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat Telok Kemang held at Port Dickson District and Land Complex square here, today.
Also present were Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Telok Kemang Barisan Nasional’s chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad.
Commenting further, Najib said, the country’s stable economic situation has been further proven when it recorded a growth of 5.9 percent last year, which had led the World Bank to make three revisions on its earlier forecasts.
“In addition, dividends (investments) has increased, exports rose up to RM83.5 billion, and our promise to deliver BR1M has also been fulfilled. If the government is going bankrupt, you can’t dream that the government can offer BR1M up to RM6.8 billion.
“We are not offering empty promises. We don’t just come out with a manifesto which later we claim we are not tied to. The BN government has fulfilled about 97.5 percent of its manifesto,” he said.
“In politics, don’t simply throw accusations blindly, you have to come out with constructive ideas. But the opposition have no ideas to bring forward,” he said.
Najib said large corporations; including two well-known international companies have recently expressed their desire to invest in Malaysia, as they were confident of the country’s stability.
He said, the world’s leading car manufacturer, Groupe PSA from France and South Korea's second largest conglomerate, SK Group, have decided to make Malaysia as their regional hub in the region.
“I attended the signing ceremony between Naza Corporation Holdings Sdn Bhd (Naza Group) and world-leading car manufacturer, Groupe PSA from France to make Malaysia as the Asean market hub for Peugeot and Citroen.
“The partnership is for Naza Automotive Manufacturing (NAM) plant in Gurun, Kedah. It will also see cooperation between Naza Group, the nation’s leading automotive conglomerate to jointly manufacture Groupe PSA vehicles for the Malaysian and ASEAN markets, "he said.
Najib said he had also witnessed the cooperation agreement of SK Group who will explore investment opportunities in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) and fifth generation network (5G), oil and gas, green technology and smart cities.
“SK Group is a Fortune 100 company and the second largest conglomerate by market capitalisation in South Korea.
“If Malaysia is bankrupt as alleged by the opposition, it is unlikely that the two largest conglomerates of the world would want to invest here,” he said.
He added, following these success, the opposition had no ideas to attack the government, forcing them to resort to trivial issues including his practice of making quinoa cereal as an additional food.
He said the Malaysian Vision Valley (MVV) in Nilai, Seremban and Port Dickson, would bring about RM290 billion worth of investments and provide more than one million job opportunities.
Meanwhile, on the 14th General Election, Najib is confident that BN would be able to win the Teluk Kemang parliament seat from PKR, besides winning three more state seats with a two-third majority.