Nice serve, Syed Saddiq

Malaysiakini:

Syed Saddiq to Dr M: I serve Malaysians, not just Malays

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has brushed off criticisms by his former mentor Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who accused him of eventually splitting the Malay votes through a new youth-centric political party.

Met in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, Syed Saddiq said he respected Mahathir, and that his job now was to unite all Malaysians.

"I am not here (in politics) to only be the servant of the Malays. I'm here to be the servant for all Malaysians. I'm not here just to unite the Malays, but to unite all Malaysians.

"I have great respect for (Mahathir). As someone young, with hope and highly idealistic, I firmly believe that diversity in Malaysia is our strength.


"While he talks about splitting the Malay votes, we (on the other hand) have to unite all Malaysians," he told Malaysiakini.

Syed Saddiq's new party is still in the works and he is currently touring Sabah to meet youth groups and campaigning for the Warisan Plus coalition.

In an interview with Malaysiakini, Mahathir also criticised Syed Saddiq's idea of a youth-centric party because it would exclude "old people".

Syed Saddiq said the new party would be "youth-led" and not be "youth-exclusive".

"At the same time, it must be for all Malaysians and to fight for the underprivileged, poor and be policy-centred," he said.