MALAYSIAN PM REMINDS CERTAIN QUARTERS NOT TO BE LIKE A "MOUSE FIXING A PUMPKIN"

KUANTAN (Malaysia), Nov 23 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
Monday reminded certain quarters not to try change the Federal Constitution so
that they will not be like the proverbial "mouse fixing a pumpkin".

This Malay proverb means that when someone tries to fix something which he
does not have sufficient knowledge in, he will end up making it worse instead.

Najib said the country's system of constitutional monarchy and parliamentary
democracy should be protected as it had successfully brought peace and political
stability, as well as fulfilled the people's aspirations.

"For this, everyone must continue to protect the existing system which has
proven effective in bringing stability and there is no reason for us to be like
a mouse fixing a pumpkin."

The prime minister said this when launching the book, The King And The
People Without Separation written by Halim Ibrahim, at Jubli Perak Sultan Haji
Ahmad Shah hall, here, Monday night.

The book was published in conjunction with the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan
Ahmad Shah's 80th birthday celebration.


Najib said the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy system
also allowed for planned and orderly development and as a result, the people's
standard of living had gone up in the last 50 years.

"We have also managed to turn Malaysia from a low-income agriculture country
to a modern and industrialised one with a higher income."

He said the system had also proven to be the best system and clearly
effective as it combined the country's best traditions and heritage with the
people's aspirations.

Najib said history had shown that the country's path towards this system of
government was an evolving one pillared by the people's solidarity against a
backdrop of civility and harmony, which was different in some countries which
involved revolution and anarchy.

On the book, Najib said it would enable readers to know better the heart and
soul of the Pahang Sultan as the author was close to the ruler.

He said the book was important as it recorded history and could be a
guide
for current and future generations.

"Indeed a people that has no interest in its own history and heritage is
weak and bereft of spirit," he added.

-- BERNAMA



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