Acting Muda president Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz has clarified that her recent remarks about former prime minister Najib Razak were intended to highlight public frustration over the slow pace of change, not to praise the past administration.
Explaining the podcast comments
The Puteri Wangsa assemblyman said her statement on a podcast – where she reportedly noted that some Chinese voters were “missing the Najib administration” – came directly from conversations with her constituents.
“They were not meant to encourage people to go back to Najib’s era or to glorify it,” she told FMT.
Amira stressed that her words served as a warning to the current government.
She said the people do not yet feel a clear and meaningful difference in their daily lives.
Amira urged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his administration not to take comfort in reform slogans without delivering real changes on the ground.
She also called on the government to avoid reacting defensively or trying to “frighten people” when citizens express that they see little distinction between the previous and present administrations.
Pointing to Sabah election results
Amira pointed to the recent Sabah state election as a strong indicator that reforms are not being felt by the public.
She noted that even DAP leaders had publicly pressed the prime minister to speed up reform efforts.
“The signal from Sabah is clear. What does that mean? It means that even DAP leaders feel reforms are not happening,” she said.
Response to PKR Youth criticism
Amira was responding to comments by Johor PKR Youth chief Faezuddin Puad, who rejected the idea that Chinese voters feel nostalgic for Najib’s time in office.
Faezuddin said his team had found no evidence of such sentiment during ground engagement.
“So far, we have never heard Chinese voters saying they miss going back to the ‘Najib era’,” he said.
“What we do hear is a call for reforms to be accelerated, the cost of living to be addressed effectively, and the integrity of the administration to be upheld,” he added.
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