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Political analysts said it is a fact that throughout his tenure of leading Umno, BN and the country, Najib brought in huge contributions for the party and its supporters.

“There are still a lot of Najib supporters, not only at the grassroots level, but also the current party leadership from the divisions, the wings right up to the supreme council, and also the vice-presidents. They are still Najib’s supporters.

He is seen to have helped the people through initiatives such as BR1M (Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia), Urban Transformation Centre (UTC), 1Malaysia book vouchers and the PR1MA housing project. These initiatives are seen as people-friendly policies which were introduced by Najib.

“These are reasons why, even though he has been convicted by the court, Umno still sees Najib as having many merits and they will not forget these easily,” Awang Azman said when contacted.


“In modern terms, this capitalistically now translates to patronage. You never forget the good deeds someone does for you, even if, ironically, in Najib’s case, the goodies he dished out were not his but the people’s,” Ahmad Fauzi said when contacted.

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You mean generous handouts.

It is common for leaders to raid coffers and hand out as goodies to win support.

Malaysia's debt was ballooning under him.

I would say in poor countries where people live ha d over fist, they tend to not see the long term impact of such freebies.

Look at Venezuela, Chavez generously hand out goodies from the oil boom as welfare. Most of the population just take handouts ....Once oil boom over life got bad fast as people have no skills.

Still I would argue that it is better to waste it on the common people than ro narrowly benefit a small number of elites.

But for Najib what he did was negative and unsustainable.

Najib Boleh.....Dr M say...Boleh.

many many had enjoyed his largeness
now distance themselves from him
many many too at Mahatheir moved away from politics also shed crocodile tears
Mahatheir without you we terong terong