Johor polls: ‘He has really recovered,’ Najib says after Dr M urges voters not to support Barisan

PETALING JAYA: Another post by Datuk Seri Najib Razak is setting social media abuzz after the Pekan MP mocked Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for urging Johoreans not to vote for Barisan Nasional in the coming state election.

“Eh, he’s (Dr Mahathir) back (mentioning) my name. That means he has really recovered,” Najib said in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Feb 15) that garnered nearly 8,500 reactions within 45 minutes.

Dr Mahathir had earlier been admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) for an elective procedure on Jan 7 and was discharged on Jan 13.

He was readmitted for follow-up treatment on Jan 20 and discharged on Feb 5.

There were serious concerns about Dr Mahathir’s health and the Langkawi MP had admitted that his recent hospitalisation had been a huge personal challenge.

On Tuesday afternoon, Dr Mahathir wrote a letter to voters in Johor, saying that the outcome of the upcoming state election will have big implications.

Dr Mahathir claimed that the election was engineered by a group known as the “court cluster” from Umno as a way to strengthen Barisan’s support ahead of the 15th General Election.

“So that if they win in the coming general election, they can use their position to resolve cases of abuse of power, stolen public funds and assets,” he wrote.

Dr Mahathir said members of the Umno court cluster would not be contesting in the upcoming Johor election.

“But those who contest under Umno and Barisan will give strength to the ‘court cluster’ and kleptocrats,” he added.

Dr Mahathir said his party, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air, would participate in the state election and urged locals to back it.

“I will write again to everyone, God willing,” he wrote.