Najib: Opposition must accept GE result and not cause chaos

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the opposition should respect the decision of the people because it was a topmost principle in the parliamentary democracy system practiced in this country.

"We must accept whatever is the decision of the people. If they believe in democracy, they cannot reject something which has been decided by the people.

"If we uphold the principles of parliamentary democracy, this is the fact," he told a media conference after chairing an Umno Supreme Council meeting, here Friday.

Najib said this when commenting on a statement by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who urged the people to view seriously the threat by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to turn Kuala Lumpur akin to Tahrir Square in Cairo,if his aspiration to become prime minister did not materialise in the coming general election.

Najib said if the opposition did not respect the law, it would create a situation of rejecting the rule of law and its effect would be bad for the nation.

"Respecting the law is a basic principle in the country, the process of democracy demands that we respect the laws of the country," he said.

He said he was confident the Election Commission (EC) was capable of ensuring the general election to be held would be fair and clean.

Meanwhile, Najib denied that Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when he described the call by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng that the public wear red, green and yellow outfits during the Chinese New Year celebration organised by the Penang Barisan Nasional (BN), as stupid.

He said the function was merely being held to celebrate the Chinese New Year which is very meaningful to the Chinese community in the country.

"Why tarnish a function organised with good intentions with political elements which has got nothing to do with it. If he (Lim) wants to carry out a function, by all means, we don't obstruct, why take down the 1Malaysia poster and my picture, this is a Chinese New Year celebration," he said.

Lim, in a statement Friday, said he regretted Muhyiddin's remark that he was 'stupid' in asking the people to wear clothes with three colours to the BN Chinese New Year Open House in Penang, and slammed him (Muhyiddin) as being a racist.

The celebration, which is expected to attract 60,000 people with the presence of sensational star K-pop singer Psy who is well-known for the song "Oppa Gangnam Style", was also criticised by the opposition.