Wednesday, 30 November 2016 | MYT 11:55 AM
BY RAHMAH GHAZALI
In all her years serving under three presidents, Shahrizat said Najib's visions, missions and intentions surpassed his predecessors.
“No other presidents have paid respects to grieving families, those who are ill regardless of men or women or (attend) a mass circumcision ceremony.
“I have high respect for our president,” Shahrizat told Wanita delegates at the general assembly on Wednesday.
She said the issues surrounding the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) were merely the Opposition’s political agenda to topple Najib and the Government.
“If Najib was not the president, this would not have become an issue,” she said, adding that Wanita, as the party’s backbone, should not be cowed by such attacks.
Shahrizat also took a swipe at former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for being friends with Opposition leaders whom he once condemned.
Without naming him, Shahrizat said she had “mixed feelings” when she found out that Dr Mahathir had ‘bercium mulut’ (cosied up) with DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang.
“It was one of the darkest days of my life. I felt so ashamed. We put him in the pedestal for over 20 years, but what happened now?
“This is all his agenda. We cannot accept it. He cannot use his own political interest to bring down the country,” she said.
Shahrizat criticised some movements and non-government organisations which accepted funding from billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Soros was blamed for currency speculation that caused the ringgit to plunge in the 1997 financial crisis.
“Would you want him to come back to Malaysia? He is a speculator. A father of all speculators.
“But he has yet to meet Wanita Umno. As long as Wanita is with Najib, Soros or anyone else will not be able to penetrate our defences," she said.
