Najib: We lost Penang due to own success

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26  — Penang slipped away from Barisan Nasional’s (BN) clutches because of the ruling coalition’s own success at developing a generation of critical-minded voters, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.

Labeling this “irony”, the prime minister insisted that it was the ruling pact that had contributed greatly to the intellectual development of Penangites, which eventually turned voters there into BN’s biggest critics.

“Ironically, Penang is an obstacle because of the successes of BN. Why I say that? It is because of we contributed to not only to the economic but intellectual and values development of the younger generation.

“Politics of development can no longer be the main thrust. To put it simple, we have become the victim of our own success,” Najib told the Gerakan annual general meeting here.

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