KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- The interests of the rakyat were top priority when resolving the issue of restructuring the water services industry in Selangor, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
In this context, he said all parties must put aside their political interests as the water issue was a serious problem.
"We have to, because the problem is the state (government) and (it has) got (taken) a different position on the water problem. It is a very serious problem.
"We should set aside political issues and look at the interests of the people, more than anything else," said Najib, who is also Barisan Nasional chairman, at the end of the 2010 BN Convention here Sunday.
He said this when asked about a news report that the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, voiced disappointment that the water issue had been politicised.
The Sultan said he did not want the people of Selangor to be the biggest losers, should the taps run dry, and warned of an imminent water crisis if the stand-off between the federal and Selangor governments over an inter-state raw water transfer project was not resolved fast. - BERNAMA
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