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Najib is keen to grab the glory for repealing the ISA, which will go down as his legacy in the event that he is booted out soon. It is also a mark of his lack of confidence to be able to stave off his party mates, who have already begun fighting for his seat.
But Najib is only interested in the first leg of his own 'reform plan'. Until the general election is safely over, he wants nothing to do with the second leg, which involves introducing new laws, which could end up even tougher than the ISA and further erode his popularity and weak image.
As pundits have pointed out, it is prudent to be sceptical given Najib's past record of caving in to Umno at the sign of any fightback by his colleagues. His lack of political will was responsible for the shelving of his New Economic Model. Brave in making his announcement but destined to fizzle out.
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/i...jibs-isa-repeals-plan-has-hit-a-snag&Itemid=2
But Najib is only interested in the first leg of his own 'reform plan'. Until the general election is safely over, he wants nothing to do with the second leg, which involves introducing new laws, which could end up even tougher than the ISA and further erode his popularity and weak image.
As pundits have pointed out, it is prudent to be sceptical given Najib's past record of caving in to Umno at the sign of any fightback by his colleagues. His lack of political will was responsible for the shelving of his New Economic Model. Brave in making his announcement but destined to fizzle out.
http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/i...jibs-isa-repeals-plan-has-hit-a-snag&Itemid=2