KUALA LUMPUR - Under fire from all sides, Prime Minister Najib Razak is going through one of his toughest periods after leading his BN coalition to its weakest ever performance in a general election.
And if some of his party colleagues have called it right, his position as the Umno president is not only on the line but may be decided by some 18,000 voters at Kuala Besut where a 'critical by-election' is due to be balloted on July 24.
If the Umno candidate loses, party hardliners such as former premier Mahathir Mohamad are expected to seize on the result to push for his ouster at the Umno presidential election slated for September.
The 60-year-old Najib is not at all unaware of all the undercurrents waiting to drag him down. PAS leaders believe he has already sunk some RM377mil on the Kuala Besut "buy-election" to ensure Umno wins.
With so much at stake, it comes as no surprise that Najib will fight tooth and nail to keep his presidency and Kuala Besut is only a minor hurdle in his scheme of things. Ahead of him lurk many more traps, even larger and more dangerous than the Terengganu by-election.
(Source: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com)
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