PM Mohd Najib's transformational agenda in making Malaysia into a high income nation: An evaluation from the siyasah shar'iyyah point of view

Malaysia is a country that since its independence has endeavored to practice democratic governance. In line with this, it seeks to ensure that the Malaysian government is representative of the will of the people. To achieved this, there must be in place numerous mechanisms to ensure accountability and transparency while also ensuring that it has an 'ear to the ground' so to speak. Dato' Sri Mohd Najib believed that transformational leadership posits the leader in the role of mentor whereby he able to designates responsibilities to his followers as a means to achieved self-actualization which is a positive means in promoting team-building efforts. To achieve the goals shared between him as a country's leader and Malaysian peoples as his followers, he believed that inspirational motivation is needed, as it provides meaning to achieving this shared vision on ' how to make Malaysia as a high Income Nation by 2020'? PM Mohd Najib has been successfully in articulating a compelling vision of the Malaysia's future, and tied a high income nation's vision to Malaysians citizen values, and ultimately he is capable of being a 'transformational leader'. It is to this end that this paper is committed, namely to analyzing the important role played by PM Mohd Najib towards outlining a clear vision of national development and whether this is in line with the objective of maqasid shar'iyyah. For this PM. Mohd Najib appears to have opted to pursue 'The government Transformation Programme(GTP)' to address seven key areas concerning Malaysia's interest in realizing Malaysia's vision to become a high income nation by 2020