KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — If Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition it leads is to win over Malaysia’s middle ground at the next general election, Datuk Seri Najib Razak must remain at the helm, the Malay party’s supreme councillor Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has said.
Najib, a second-term prime minister, was not challenged in his presidency when nominations closed for Umno’s polls on Saturday but his leadership in the party — and by extension the ruling bloc — is seen to be pandering to vocal conservative Malay nationalists, causing a retreat in support from more moderate voices within the country’s biggest race group, as well as other ethnic minorities.
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