The government is seeking to improve its image in light of the
negative publicity it received during the general election (GE13).
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said while the government may be weak in handling the war of public perception, there is room to tackle the issue in many ways.
"Maybe this is what we have to work on – the war of perception. Perception can be formed in many ways, not just face-to-face but also through Facebook.
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"Maybe we are inefficient but we can learn through our experiences so
that in the future, we will be more successful in showing the reality
of a situation to the people instead of just leaving them with their
own perception," Najib said today at his first monthly assembly with
staff of the PM's Office after GE13.
He said the nation cannot afford to waste time in politicking as it is a distraction to efforts in improving and developing the country.
"Yet there are some parties that are questioning the results of the election. It is almost impossible to commit large-scale fraud as every contesting party will have its polling agents, who are locals and definitely know the voters, and will object if there are foreigners.
"Accusations that we imported 40,000 'Mat Bangla' (Bangladeshis) as voters do not make sense.
"I believe trying to conceal 40,000 of them in our (electoral) system is impossible because to bring in 40,000 'Mat Bangla' is not easy as that will require 100 jumbo jets and 1,000 buses to ferry them to polling centres.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said while the government may be weak in handling the war of public perception, there is room to tackle the issue in many ways.
"Maybe this is what we have to work on – the war of perception. Perception can be formed in many ways, not just face-to-face but also through Facebook.
"Maybe we are inefficient but we can learn through our experiences so
that in the future, we will be more successful in showing the reality
of a situation to the people instead of just leaving them with their
own perception," Najib said today at his first monthly assembly with
staff of the PM's Office after GE13.He said the nation cannot afford to waste time in politicking as it is a distraction to efforts in improving and developing the country.
"Yet there are some parties that are questioning the results of the election. It is almost impossible to commit large-scale fraud as every contesting party will have its polling agents, who are locals and definitely know the voters, and will object if there are foreigners.
"Accusations that we imported 40,000 'Mat Bangla' (Bangladeshis) as voters do not make sense.
"I believe trying to conceal 40,000 of them in our (electoral) system is impossible because to bring in 40,000 'Mat Bangla' is not easy as that will require 100 jumbo jets and 1,000 buses to ferry them to polling centres.