PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has singled out social media as a double-edged sword for Barisan Nasional as the coalition prepares for the general election.
The
Prime Minister and Barisan chairman said that with the advent of ICT,
social media had turned into something that was “good” as well as a
“bane”.
“(It) could be our Achilles heel as well,” he told anchor
Fareed Zakaria in a CNN televised session at the World Economic Forum
in Davos, Switzerland.
He acknowledged that voters nowadays had a
higher level of expectations, were more educated and critical, and as
such, the Government needed to do things differently.
“We need to realise people are not going to give their votes to you based on how much you have done in the past.
“No
one can deny the fact that Umno and Barisan are the ones who fought for
independence and developed the country but today people are saying that
was in the past, we want to know what you can do for us in the future,”
he said.
If he was re-elected as Prime Minister, Najib pledged
that he would do “everything and anything possible” to make Malaysia a
fully developed nation by 2020.
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Monday, 28 January 2013
Najib: Malaysians' expectations, demand have increased
KUALA LUMPUR: People's expectations and demand of the government have
increased, and this should be well understood to ensure Barisan
Nasional's victory in the next general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
Najib, who is Barisan chairman, said having realised this, the government was determined to do things differently and work as hard as possible.
"We need to realise that people are not going to give their votes to you based on how much you've done in the past.
"But people would say, 'what can you do right now and for the future'," he told a CNN televised session entitled 'An Insight, An Idea with Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak' at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
Najib noted that nobody could deny the fact that Umno and BN had pursued an agenda for development after fighting for the country's independence.
On Barisan's failure to win a two-thirds majority in the 2008 general election, Najib explained one of the factors was that people had become more critical in tandem with advances in technology and communication, as well as the use of social media.
At the end of the interview, the prime minister was queried about his plans if given the mandate to rule by voters in the country's 13th general election.
He responded by saying that the government had stated publicly that it wanted to see Malaysia become a fully developed nation by 2020.
"And I'm committed to do everything and anything possible to make it happen and if I get my second term, that's exactly what I'll do."
(Source: The Star Online)
Najib, who is Barisan chairman, said having realised this, the government was determined to do things differently and work as hard as possible.
"We need to realise that people are not going to give their votes to you based on how much you've done in the past.
"But people would say, 'what can you do right now and for the future'," he told a CNN televised session entitled 'An Insight, An Idea with Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak' at the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
Najib noted that nobody could deny the fact that Umno and BN had pursued an agenda for development after fighting for the country's independence.
On Barisan's failure to win a two-thirds majority in the 2008 general election, Najib explained one of the factors was that people had become more critical in tandem with advances in technology and communication, as well as the use of social media.
At the end of the interview, the prime minister was queried about his plans if given the mandate to rule by voters in the country's 13th general election.
He responded by saying that the government had stated publicly that it wanted to see Malaysia become a fully developed nation by 2020.
"And I'm committed to do everything and anything possible to make it happen and if I get my second term, that's exactly what I'll do."
(Source: The Star Online)
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