Najib Razak yesterday accused Warisan president Shafie Apdal of having often rejected open tenders, and preferring limited tenders.
Warisan information chief Yusof Yacob said Shafie, who is now Sabah chief minister, had not crossed any line in insisting that some open tenders be made limited tenders as well as writing appeal letters when they were rejected by then prime minister Najib Razak. Yesterday, Najib had accused Warisan president Shafie of having often rejected open tenders and preferring limited tenders. He also said Shafie would write letters of appeal whenever hisYusof siad he also believed Shafie had made these requests not for himself or on behalf of followers seeking his help to convert the tenders to limited offers.
“Actually, this is a matter between friends who jointly ran the previous government and, therefore, there was no reason to raise it. Such matters are like those between a husband and wife’ in a marriage; both know their strengths and weaknesses,” said Yusof.