KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak today stressed that it is “very important” for Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) to be re-elected in the next general election for the party to deliver the promised transformation.
The Umno president said re-election would also ensure that the nation’s vision to be a developed country in 2020 can be achieved.
“We are embarking on this journey of economic, political and social transformation… Umno will spearhead the nation’s transformation together with our friends in the BN, and we will continue the march towards Vision 2020.
“But we have a little challenge ahead of us. We have to cross the bridge of the next general election. I keep saying it is not unimportant to be re-elected. It is very important to be re-elected. For us to deliver the real transformation, we need to be re-elected,” he said.
Najib said this at the opening of the international forum on “Politics of Economic and Social Transformation in the Era of Global Crisis” in conjunction with the Umno general assembly 2011, here.
Najib said the party needs the support of the people, and for that it must work and not harp only on what the party has done.
Instead, the party needs to show its earnestness to give the best for the nation, now and in the future, he said.
Sharing the story of Umno’s journey as a political party, Najib said the wisdom of past leaders who made very courageous and visionary decisions and the party’s willingness to reform were the secrets underpinning the party’s success.
“The very fact that as a political party we are ahead of the curve, we were willing to reform, we were willing to change, that to me is one of the secrets underpinning our success as a political party,” he said.
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