Are some UMNO leaders super-quick in repudiating Najib Razak but for the wrong reasons?

The suggestion by the Johore state assembly speaker Puad Zarkasi that UMNO and BN cannot have a poster boy who is over perasan (self-engrossed) and lembik (weak) raises the question whether some UMNO leaders are super-quick in repudiating Najib Razk but for the wrong reasons.

Puad said on his Facebook that having a “poster boy” could backfire and suggested for Umno and BN to capitalise on the time-tested BN logo instead.

Najib, former Prime Minister and UMNO President, who started serving his 12-year jail sentence yesterday, was the UMNO and BN poster boy in the Johore state general election early this year.

Is Puad regretting that Najib was the UMNO and BN poster boy in the recent Johore state general election as Najib has become a “liability” to the extent that Puad used the Malay saying, Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi?

Or is Puad targeting the Prime Minister, Ismail Sabri, and not Najib Razak.

If so, Puad should clarify and explain how Ismail Sabri is guilty of Harapkan pegar, pegar makan padi?