After 53 years dedicated to a united, democratic, progressive and prosperous Malaysia, I ask Malaysians to sacrifice one, two or even three days to cast their vote to save Malaysia from Najib, kleptocracy and kakistocracy

I have dedicated 53 years of my life to a united, democratic, progressive and prosperous Malaysia.

All I ask how is that the 15 million voters in Malaysia sacrifice one, two or even three days to cast their vote in the 14th General Election on Wednesday, 9th May 2018 to save Malaysia from Najib, kleptocracy and kakistocracy.

One day of sacrifice is for Malaysians in the country, two days of sacrifice is for the 500,000 Malaysians working in Singapore who may have to take an extra day off to return home from the island republic to cast their vote. Three days of sacrifice is for Malaysians from farther overseas, whether the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or United States, who may have to sacrifice three days to fly home to exercise their constitutional right to cast their vote.

“Kleptocracy” has been defined as “a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves”.

“Kakistocracy” has been defined as “a government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power”.

Najib’s live TV3 interview today is a shocking reminder to Malaysians that we are not only a global kleptocracry, Malaysia has also become a kakistocracy.

Otherwise, how could Najib in truth and honesty state that there are no Malays at Pakatan Harapan rallies, only DAP supporters?

DAP is flattered that the thousands and tens of thousands, with many women in tudong and men in baju Melayu, who gathered to hear Tun Mahathir at the Pakatan Harapan rallies in Langkawi, Gombak, Jerlun, Bukit Katil, Putrajaya, Lembah Pantai, Pandan, Kuantan and Wangsa Maju in the second part of the 11-day election campaign, have become DAP supporters.

For Najib’s information, for the past half a century since the formation of the party, DAP had never bussed anyone to any DAP or Pakatan function, which the Special Branch - one of the most efficient in the world - would know and can confirm.

Either Najib as Prime Minister was telling a downright lie – making him liable to be arrested and charged under the Anti-Fake News Act which carries the draconian penalties of RM500,000 fine, six years’ jail or both – or the Special Branch had not been able to give the Prime Minister a briefing about the true polticial situation on the ground.

Whatever the real situation, it shows a Prime Minister who is either suffering from a fatal form of delusion or bizarrely cut off from the reality on the ground to the extent that he could claim with a straight face that BN’s support remains intact.

On his TV3 interview alone, Najib deserves to be voted out of office in Putrajaya tomorrow.

Lim Kit Siang DAP Parliamentary Leader