SIPITANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak described it as “peculiar” that the opposition has yet to reach consensus on who should become Prime Minister were they to come to power. Speaking during the launch of the Sipitang package for the Pan Borneo Highway project here, he said it is “weird” that the opposition has agreed on who the deputy prime minister would be, but not the person for the number one post. “This is a form of ‘Ali Baba’ (subcontractor culture) way of thinking, and the opposition is Ali Baba. Najib added that no failed state could bring a RM12 billion development like the Pan Borneo highway project, which is of world-class standard. Najib also said “a leader of 22 years before him” did not initiate the Pan Borneo highway, but only built a North-South highway in Peninsular Malaysia – a clear jab at Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Source: New Strait Times March 04, 2017 04:52 UTC