Defying his critics’ predictions, the Prime Minister has shown that he is here to stay


Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak showing the development of Putrajaya as Malaysia capital city to China premier of state council Li Keqiang after giving an joint press conference during the official welcoming ceremony on his official visit to Malaysia in Putrajaya recently.

JUST a few months back, critics of the Prime Minister, and even many ordinary Malaysians, had dismissed him as a dead man walking.

They confidently predicted that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wouldn’t last more than three months and that he would be replaced.

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