'Is Najib waiting for more state assemblies to expire?'

DAP advisor said he does not expect prime minister Najib Razak to call for the dissolution of the parliament together with the automatic dissolution of the Negri Sembilan state assembly tonight.

"There are no signs that Najib would dissolve Parliament before midnight tonight, ahead of the automatic dissolution of the Negri Sembilan State Assembly. In fact, it now looks likely that another State Assembly, Pahang, will automatically dissolve on Apri 5, 2013 before the dissolution of Parliament," said Lim Kit Siang.

The NS state assembly automatically expires today, and state polls must be called within sixty days. There had been widespread expectation that Najib would also dissolve the parliament so that nomination, campaign period and polling date could be streamlined.

Lim, calling Najib as "the longest unelected prime minister without a mandate from voters", asked whether Najib would let more automatic dissolution of state assemblies to pass.

Saying that since taking over from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who was forced to resign in 2009, Najib has been on election campaigning mode, Lim mocked the many abbreviations used to promote Najib's policies.

Acronyms and 'RAHMAN'

He said Najib probably has "the world’s biggest collection of alphabet soups as a substitute for government policies and action", and referred to such acronyms as GTP, ETP, PTP, NKRA, NKEA, EPP, NEM and GMM.

"Can all Cabinet Ministers remember what all these acronyms stand for?" quipped the Ipoh Timur member of parliament, who has announced to contest in UMNO's stronghold of Johor.

Despite his 'record-breaking' moves, Najib, according to Lim, is "mortally afraid" of the famous 'RAHMAN' prophecy.

The 'RAHMAN' prophecy is so named to represent each of Malaysia's prime ministers: Abdul Rahman (R), Abdul Razak (A), Hussein Onn (H), Mahathir Mohamad (M), Abdullah Badawi (A) and Najib (N). Prior to Anwar Ibrahim's sacking and jailing in 1998, it was often argued that he would be the next prime minister after Mahathir, in conforming to the theory.

Lim also cited the recent interview by UMNO-owned New Straits Times with former Finance minister Daim Zainuddin, saying it was "a powerful indictment of the failures of Najib’s four-year premiership, demolishing Najib’s claims of success in delivering many economic and social initiatives".

"Need more be said about the failures of Najib’s transformation agenda in the past four years when an 'establishment' personality like Daim has such unflattering things to say about corruption, crime and education in what is supposed to a paean of an interview to praise the Najib premiership skyhigh?" he asked. -HD