COMMENT | Is this the end of Najib's political career?

COMMENT | Malaysians expected a bombshell verdict on Najib Abdul Razak's appeal decision in the Federal Court today - and in the end, there were huge sighs of relief.

The air had been thick with allegations that the convicted felon Najib had been making secret deals with the unity government. It did not make sense. 

After years of economic gloom and more suffering caused by the coronavirus pandemic, why would the government risk further uncertainty and instability? We have a cost of living crisis to manage, but Najib, ever the narcissist, was desperate to be in the spotlight again and have his day in court.

Today, at his SRC International review hearing, the spotlight was firmly on the current Federal Court's panel of judges. Not on Najib.

It didn't matter if Najib was there, or in Kajang Prison, or a million miles away.

The ones being judged by the rakyat were the Federal Court’s panel of judges, and the Malaysian judiciary.

In the end, Najib failed in his bid to review an earlier apex court verdict to uphold his guilty verdict...