My sole aim of working with Anwar in GE14 was to oust Najib, says Dr M
Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had reason to be displeased with Anwar Ibrahim but felt Najib Razak was ‘worse.’
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he decided to work with Anwar Ibrahim despite knowing that “the man had no idea how to govern the country” because their common goal was to oust Najib Razak, according to his latest book.
In a section of his book, titled My Friend Anwar, the former prime minister wrote that he had his reasons to be displeased with Anwar but felt that what Najib had done to “his country” was much worse.
“This is why in 2017, I decided to work with Anwar. Fortunately, our goals were aligned as far as ousting Najib was concerned, and we succeeded,” he said in his book.
The book, Capturing Hope: The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia, was officially launched today.
Mahathir also talked about how Anwar had pressured him indirectly to step down from the prime minister’s position.
He said after the fall of Najib, he had promised he would step down before the next general election.
“I only needed extra time to resolve some of the more complicated problems we were facing. Other members of the coalition were gracious enough to allow me this.
“They did not force me to step down. It was only Anwar who was putting pressure on me to leave sooner.”
He then goes on to criticise Anwar on his leadership capabilities, saying that from his past experience, he knew “the man had no idea how to govern the country”.
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he decided to work with Anwar Ibrahim despite knowing that “the man had no idea how to govern the country” because their common goal was to oust Najib Razak, according to his latest book.
In a section of his book, titled My Friend Anwar, the former prime minister wrote that he had his reasons to be displeased with Anwar but felt that what Najib had done to “his country” was much worse.
“This is why in 2017, I decided to work with Anwar. Fortunately, our goals were aligned as far as ousting Najib was concerned, and we succeeded,” he said in his book.
The book, Capturing Hope: The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia, was officially launched today.
Mahathir also talked about how Anwar had pressured him indirectly to step down from the prime minister’s position.
He said after the fall of Najib, he had promised he would step down before the next general election.
“I only needed extra time to resolve some of the more complicated problems we were facing. Other members of the coalition were gracious enough to allow me this.
“They did not force me to step down. It was only Anwar who was putting pressure on me to leave sooner.”
He then goes on to criticise Anwar on his leadership capabilities, saying that from his past experience, he knew “the man had no idea how to govern the country”.
“Anwar might think otherwise. He might even consider himself capable but, as it turned out, he was not the factor that caused the backdoor coup.”
He said there was talk about setting up a Malay-Muslim government, the moment Pakatan Harapan won the elections.
“But I never thought it would happen. I could not see how it could happen. Pakatan Harapan had a good majority. Yes, there were differences of opinion but we were working well together, especially in the Cabinet.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remarks on how the Malays were forced to accept orang asing (foreigners) during British rule in exchange for independence is downright insulting and unbecoming of a prime minister who represents all Malaysians, said DAP lawmaker Ramkarpal Singh.Ramkarpal was referring to the prime minister's speech at yesterday's Malay Dignity Congress, where Mahathir said:
“... Orang asing berasa selesa dengan negara kita dan mereka ingin tinggal di sini. Nak tak nak pun, kita terpaksa terima, kalau tidak kita tidak akan mencapai kemerdekaan.”
(Translation of above: The foreigners felt comfortable in this country and wanted to stay. Like it or not, we were forced to accept or we would not have achieved independence)
Mahathir's "orang asing" or "foreigners" refer to non-Malay Malaysian citizens
“Besides, I could not imagine Bersatu leaving Pakatan Harapan,” he said.
Mahathir said when there was talk about a backdoor government, he dismissed it as “wishful thinking on the part of a minority of people”.
“But as fate would have it, the Sheraton Move took place and both Anwar and the much-maligned DAP were dispensed with,” he said.
The Perikatan Nasional government came to power following the collapse of the 22-month old PH administration after Bersatu pulled out of the coalition.
What's wrong for Dr Mahathir to use 'orang asing' (which means foreigners) to refer to people who came from foreign lands ( at the time he referred to?) He didn't sound wrong because the 'orang asing' are obviously not the present Malaysians whose ancestors arrived from foreign lands decades ago.
ReplyDeleteSo, in yr definition, ain't the melayu's ancestors arrived from foreign lands decades ago?
DeleteIf mamak's f*cked remark about 'orang asing' was so inclusive as in yr definition, then what was the narrative of mamak's fart?
I trust a snake better than I trust this twist and turn Marchavelli. This scumbag is the bane of a Multi racial and multi religious Malaysia
ReplyDeleteThis old snake wants to sound so sagely and never misses an opportunity to take pot shots against Anwar.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure there will be plenty of people waiting to spit on his grave once he mampus. I would!