Why is Najib so defensive?

 Vijay47: Leaving aside PM Najib Razak’s pitiable ramblings and incoherent response to issues any worthy leader would have been glad to sally into, I am extremely surprised at the accolades raining upon former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his stand on the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder.

Mahathir is being lauded for his sudden concern for justice to be done, the wicked to be punished, and the meek to inherit the earth. But what about that dark elephant trumpeting in the corner?

In case it slipped anyone’s mind, that poor Mongolian lady was given an explosive send-off in 2006, nine years ago. Did it only now dawn on righteous Yuddhistra-Mahathir that the question of who ordered the murder was never revealed?

The answer was as relevant in 2006 as it is now in 2015 and the inference is that had the political directions and enforcement been otherwise, Mahathir would have remained silent, wrongs can stay hidden when such a stand is palatable to Mahathir.

Or perhaps in view of his advancing years, Mahathir takes longer than usual to respond.

Pemerhati: Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli said, “Slowly, yet surely, the PM’s days in Umno are numbered, unless he confronts this and gives direct answers himself.”

The problem is that if Najib gives honest answers, his days will be over immediately.

So his strategy is to prolong his days as long as possible by using various strategies such as getting lackeys to come out with statements to support him, giving pre-recorded TV interviews where the pertinent questions are not asked and the answers given do not shed any light on important questions, such as who told his former aide de camp Musa Safri to tell bodyguard Azilah Hadri to kill Altantuya, who told the lawyer to draft SD2 (second statutory declaration) within a few hours after the late private investigator P Balasubramaniam read out his SD1, who instructed businessman Deepak Jaikishan and Najib’s brother to get Bala to read out SD2 which refuted SD1 and then got him to leave the country.

The fact that Najib’s staff was involved in the murder and later his brother got involved in getting Bala and his family to leave the country strongly indicates that Najib was deeply involved in the case.

Wg321: Mahathir did not accuse Najib of murder. What is there to “sumpah laknat”? He just wants to know the mastermind who ordered the killing of Altantuya.

All we know was Altantuya was Abdul Razak Baginda’s sexy mistress. Razak Baginda, Altantuya and Najib have nothing in common except in relation to the Scorpene submarine scandal and the RM500 million commissions in which Altantuya was allegedly entitled to a small portion of it.

Altantuya could be murdered because there was a dispute in the sharing of the RM500 million (motive).

We will have a clearer picture when the Bar Council releases the result of the proceedings in the professional misconduct of Cecil Abraham in the drafting of the false second SD (statutory declaration) for Bala to sign before he was forced into exile to India.

This may explain why Najib was so defensive and jittery.

Just A Rakyat: It is perplexing why Najib chose to answer Mahathir’s query on who ordered the hit on Altantuya by claiming not to know her.

Wasn’t the question posed was to establish the motive/s of the murder and in a way lessen Sirul Azhar Umar’s sentence although he undeniably is complicit to the killing. Why deny the chance to seek justice for Altantuya?

Kingfisher: The problems facing the country are more serious than the allegation of Najib’s reluctance to answer comprehensively the questions posed. His response that he answers to the people to whom he is responsible is a facile attempt at diversion as well.

The perception of a number of Malaysians points towards a conclusion that there is no confidence in the kind of leadership responsibilities demonstrated.

This runs into a long list of grievances – from fiscal mismanagement of national finances to undermining human development rights, and attempts at institutional hardline measures at suppression of individual freedom, etc.

The fact that a single leader is made to bear the blame for much of the ills facing the country is a further indication that there is a serious flaw in the ethical foundations of our national leadership.

Commentable: The unanswered issues are still there, sticking out like a sore thumb. Let’s put it this way, when the sore thumb is so swollen and red, no matter how many people try to vouch that the thumb is fine and has no problem, the anomaly is factually there for all to see.

And the more people who come out to support the sore thumb, the more weird and awkward it is to see that these people are bending over backwards trying to argue themselves out of the situation.

So let’s face it, the problem is not going away until the outstanding issues are addressed in a manner that does not insult one’s intelligence.

Jamal Jaz: Mahathir stubbornly refuses to accept or to admit his own mistakes. He refuses to face reality. He is not really interested in the welfare of Malaysians at all, not even the Malays or Umno.

He only wants to save his face and to make sure that his son, Mukhriz, will become prime minister no matter what deals he has to execute with the current batch of Umno warlords.

Mushiro: Of course, Najib has plenty to hide in the Altantuya case. If not, why did Najib go for a prepared Q&A session with TV3 on Thursday’s night where he has the comfort of not getting any surprise questions.

For a person who has declared that debate is not our culture and a person who normally maintains silence even when severely attacked, it was not surprising that Najib chose the safe TV3 forum to finally speak up.

Many Malaysians are curious to know the motive for the killing of Altantuya and who gave the orders to Sirul to C4 her.

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