DPM CONFIDENT BN GOVERNMENT WILL BE REMAIN IN POWER

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is
confident that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government will remain in power despite the opposition's plan to take over the government on Tuesday.

"We are always confident. We have been confident that the same government
will be in office.

"That's why we chose Sept 16 (to launch the project)," he told reporters
after witnessing the signing of agreement on the High Speed Broadband (HSBB)
project between the government and Telekom Malaysia Berhad at the Putrajaya
International Convention Centre (PICC) here.

Najib said he chose Sept 16 to launch the project as he was confident that
the same government would be in power.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who is the new Permatang Pauh MP, had said
that the opposition had more than 30 MPs who are going to defect from the BN and
set Sept 16 as the date it would take over the federal government.

"This is the project to herald a new future for Malaysia. This is a project
of concept of modern Malaysia.

"This is a project to indicate how progressive the present government is,"
he said.

Asked on Anwar's claim that he had the numbers to form the next government,
Najib said : "Yes, he can say all kinds of things. Let him say that."

Earlier, Najib said the opposition was engaging in politics of deception
and clearly the claim to take over the government would not become a reality.
-- BERNAMA