Najib's five election issues

Ah, great to know that the Malaysian Insider has confirmed my posting Malaysia Airlines has arrived (March 20) on how the MAS-Air Middle East understanding has become one of Najib Razak's greatest concerns for the 13th ubiquitous election. According to Five issues land up likely June polls by Jahabar Sadiq, the PM's greatest headaches are:

1. Felda
2. Lynas
3. NFC
4. MAS-Air Middle East and
5. Civil servants' pay review

That was what I heard, too. Spot on, Mr Sadiq.

But dual snags with the report:

1. JJ is not Chairman of the BN Manifesto Committee. There is no such post
2. The pronounced briefing at the New Straits Times in Jalan Riong never happened

I checked with friends at Balai Berita, yes their business chiefs came down from the assorted states for their "regional meeting" earlier this week as well as they had the supposed "election briefing", which was fundamentally about how the newspaper planned to approach the PRU13 coverage.

"It was an all-editors' meeting. Why would the statesman be there? The Malaysian Insider should have known better," one comparison editor told me.

Well, now they do.