Najib’s First 100 Days: No Honeymoon

Najib Razak took over as Malaysia's sixth prime minister on April 3, 2009. In his first 100 days, he introduced a slew of reforms that surprised his critics and may well go on to convince a skeptical rakyat that he's serious about his 1Malaysia goals. But there were serious shortcomings as well.

Oon Yeoh, a seasoned political writer and New Media advocate, looks at Najib's record in eight aspects: Leadership, managing Barisan Nasional, dealing with Pakatan Rakyat, economic reforms, race relations, foreign affairs, civil liberties and media strategy.

Viewpoints, contrarian and otherwise, were also sought from 14 prominent social-economic-political commentators, namely Ahirudin Attan (Rocky's Bru), Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Hafiz Noor Shams, Ibrahim Suffian, Kee Thuan Chye, Khaw Veon Szu, Malik Imtiaz, Ong Kian Ming, Ooi Kee Beng, Ramon Navaratnam, Bridget Welsh, Wong Chin Huat, Tricia Yeoh and Zaid Ibrahim.