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(MySinchew) - The wife of Malaysia's next prime minister said Friday (13 March) it is his destiny to lead the country, despite opposition attempts to link him to corruption and murder.
Najib is scheduled to take over from current leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi early next month. "Let's not do anything unethical to stop it. It is his turn," Rosmah said in her first interview with an international news agency. If "God says it is his turn, it is his turn," Rosmah added. "That is the thing we all have to accept, because when (Abdullah became leader) ... we believed that it was his time, his destiny and we went on with our lives." Opposition leaders have tried to link Najib and Rosmah to the killing of a Mongolian woman and accused him of corruption in government deals to buy French submarines and Russian jets. Najib has rejected the accusations. Asked about the allegations linking them to the killing, Rosmah said she ignores such "mischievous statements from mischievous people." The opposition contends that Najib was involved in the slaying of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a 28-year-old Mongolian translator who was having an affair with a close friend of Najib. Government lawyers say Shaariibuu was shot in Oct 2006. Her body was then blown up in a forest outside Kuala Lumpur, and only fragments were found. Prosecutors alleged that Abdul Razak Baginda, Najib's friend, ordered Shaariibuu killed after she started pestering him for money. Abdul Razak was acquitted last October of abetting the slaying. A court is scheduled to decide next month whether to convict two police officers charged with carrying out the killing. Rosmah said her tribulations last year, when public suspicions of Najib gained strength because of blogs that carried allegations against him, have made the couple "more mature ... more strong." "If we had not gone through this, we would not have known what resilience is all about," Rosmah said. She stressed that her conscience was clear, saying that her own test of character is "whether you wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, whether you like yourself or not, whether you have told the truth or not."
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I Totally Agreed Ros, "LEAD THE TEAM onto the GREAT TITANIC" 
he's destined to be the next PM. he already did many things that he destined to do and will continue to do after become pm, the killings, the bribes and the list goes on
Unity Government the only way to prevent Najib from becoming PM.
Some people are condemning the idea of unity government raised by Tengku Razaleigh without understanding why the unity government was booted in the first place.
PR supporters argued that they do not want PR to work with the corrupted BN leaders. Well, that's a true concern, because they believe if you start to live along with the corrupted, you will be perceived as corrupted as well.
BN supporters argument is relatively more simple to understand, why the need to share the power when we are in control of the Parliament.
Let's reflect what were thinking when we first heard the news of Pak Lah would not be defending his UMNO presidency and then Najib won the UMNO presidency uncontested.
We knew in our heart this is not right, as the next leader has so many unanswered allegations hanging behind his backs. Can he perform his duty well with all the on-going attacks against him?
You can read Kim Quek's article here on why Najib should not be the PM here.
http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/19173/84/
Many shared the same view. Now let us examine what ideas do the public comes out with to prevent this from happening.
i. Most of people, includes PR and Raja Petra, calling Pak Lah to continue as PM. One blogger even said, "Pak Lah, please made this flip flop as the most counted one!". With Pak Lah no longer the UMNO President, he has lost his support from within UMNO itself. In order for him to continue as PM, he needs to command the support of majority of MPs in Parliament. With UMNO no longer supporting him, he needs PR MPs votes plus 30 BN MPs to show support to him for Agong to convince that he still commands the support of the majority, therefore he can continue as PM.
But this plan has already 2 setbacks.
a. Agong had thanked Pak Lah for his good work and wanted a smooth transistion of power, which means the Parliament has accepted the fact that Pak Lah has indeed going to resign in March.
b. Pak Lah supported the BN takeover in Perak showed that he is not a person that uphold the constitution. He allows laws to be interpreted to their own benefit instead of turning to the rakyat for the answer on who should be in charge in Perak.
ii. There are some like me who thinks Tengku Razaleigh is a better choice as the caretaker PM before the next general election. He has just the right mix, BN, UMNO, royalty, speaks for the rakyat and has the knowledge on how to save the economy.
He has been talking about bold reforming that the government and country needs. He has always call a spade a spade. Look at some of his bold comments here:
http://timmysay.********.com/2009/03/bold-comments-from-tengku-razaleigh.html
For him to become PM, he also needs the PR MPs 30 BN MPs to vote for him, the same scenario for Pak Lah to stay on. But he is the better choice, commands greater confidence that he is a different breed of UMNO from the rest.
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As you all can see both plans, needs PR to work together with some BN MPs to achieve its main objective which is to prevent Najib from taking over and to appoint a better PM who can lead Malaysia out of this mess. Hence indirectly if this happen, it will automatically gives birth to unity government without us creating one, as we understand.
The reason for the unity government is clear, to save the country from deterioting further by appointing the right PM to lead the country. This can only be done by the 2 plans above, which will results in creating the unity government automatically. I hope the people can understand that the unity government was not created purposely, but is created as a product to help the country securing a better future.
To be fair to Najib, if you don't have so many baggages, I would not have mind you are going to be my PM. The same applies for everyone as the leaders in the countries. If you are tainted anyhow, or the public perceives you as tainted, you have to leave the office, to ensure the confidence of rakyat towards the integrity and credibility of the government and government agencies maintained at a high level.
As Tengku Razaleigh rightly puts it to the leaders of the government
"Our action must be guided by a vision, designed around a strategy and governed with integrity."
And the person who uphold that principle deserves to be the PM of Malaysia.