With Sarawak behind him and unconditional support from the state Barisan Nasional (BN), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said tonight he and his wife can sleep peacefully.

“I'm so glad I am not alone,” he said, echoing Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem's earlier statement of support.

“Tonight I can sleep nicely. My wife (Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor) can also sleep nicely. Sleeping on the same pillow, dreaming the same dream,” he told the tickled 4,500 BN supporters who packed the stadium and an equal number outside watching him live on large television screens.

Najib, who appeared relieved at the show of support, said he was sure it was genuine and no one in Sarawak would backstab him.

“I can read people's faces. When I shake their hands, I can read them.” he said, adding that Adenan's show of support was sincere and genuine.

Adenan had in a Gawai Dayak gathering last night said Sarawak supported Najib “because it was the right thing to do”.

He said Najib deserves Sarawak's support because he had done more to develop the state than all the five past prime ministers put together including Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, one of his fiercest critics who had also demanded for him to step down.

Najib also acknowledged that he had gone to small remote settlements and villages in the state where no other prime ministers had gone to.

“Whenever I come, I do not leave empty-handed.”

He said in the five years since he became prime minister, he had also approved development allocations totalling over RM1 billion that were not budgeted.

Najib said with the kind of support he received and the show of unity in the state BN, he was sure the state BN would win big in the coming state election and Adenan would get his wish of a mandate of his own to administer the state.

“Anyway, what's wrong with giving him the five years? He's not asking for 22 years,” he said, taking a dig at Dr Mahathir, who was the longest serving PM of the country.

“You give Adenan the support (in the state poll) and that would serve to give me similar support in the next general election,” he said, adding that Sarawak would definitely remain a fixed deposit state for BN. – The Malaysian Insider