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Dr M bringing down Malaysia to the doldrums?
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5, 2023: Bapa Merdeka, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman (Tunku) and Malaysia’s First Prime Minister (PM), was an amazing leader who could see through people accurately and clearly.
Tunku, the man who led Malaysians to achieve Merdeka (Independence) on Aug 31, 1957, from the British colonialists had said Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Dr M) alone would bring down Malaysia.
Dr M had served one term as MP before losing his seat, subsequently falling out with the Tunku, and was expelled from Umno.
In 1970, he authored the controversial “The Malay Dilemma” during this period, which would eventually form the basis of future ethnic Malay affirmative action policies in the country.
The Tunku resigned in 1970 and was succeeded by Tun Abdul Razak (father of disgraced former ‘1MDB’ prime minister Najib who is currently languishing in prison).
Razak encouraged Dr Mahathir back into the party and appointed him as a Senator in 1973. He rose quickly in the Razak government, returning to Umno’s Supreme Council in 1973. He was appointed to Cabinet in 1974 as Education Minister.
He went on to serve a total of 26 years as prime minister for three times.
At 97 and shamed by Malaysians in the 15th General Election (GE15) when they rejected him, and his followers, to the extend of losing their deposits.
But the stubborn old man knows no shame, and is ungrateful to the rakyat dan negara (people and country) that gave him the opportunity to serve as PM for 26 years.
He absolutely does not know how to quit politics with grace as a statesman and ha now become Malaysia’s “No.1 Public Enemy”.
Dr M is leading the Opposition (specifically the Taliban-like PAS and Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional - PN) under his “Malay Proclamtion” rally to sow racial and religious discord, aimed at destabilising and toppling Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government that was installed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) last November (2022).
He is making all types of racial and religious rhetoric to split Malaysians or National Unity for his personal political agenda. And he has gone the extreme to declare that it is unconstitutional to promote a multi-racial-multi-religious Malaysia.
Dr M even has the audacity to blame the UG, which has governed for only about seven months, for the people and country’s current socio-economic woes.
Has Dr M asked himself who is to blame for:
> MALAYSIA’s current national debt of more than RM1.5 trillion; and
> THE Malays’ lack of progress in education and business acumen and that he had lamented as the cause of the community’s inability to compete on a level playing field, even after almost 60 years of Merdeka.
As the longest-serving PM in Malaysia’s history, why is the rakyat, namely the Malays, still far behind others?
In terms of economic and financial status, why is Malaysia so far behind others - no need to look far, just look at Singapore.
Anwar, PH and DAP to blame for all the current woes?
Dr M, are you considering this: Should you and the Opposition succeed in toppling the UG, the country will be plunged in socio-economic abyss, and Malaysians and the Malays will suffer for decades.
Any country needs political stability to command the confidence of and attract both domestic and foreign investors.
Can a Taliban-like federal government dominated by PAS deliver socio-economic progress for rakyat dan negara?
To Malaysians going to the polls in the six states (Penang, Selangor Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu), they cannot afford to cast their ballots without giving serious thought on the future of their generations and their county.
Their and Malaysia’s fate lie in their hands, that’s reality. At the end of the day, do not blame others for the governments that you elect.
No News Is Bad News also reproduces above two video clips of what two concerned Malaysians have to say about Dr M “the fool”, as depicted by Nelson Mandela!
Up to no good meeting to plot Malaysia's downfall:
Mahathir, Muhyiddin meet to set aside differences, discuss Malay Proclamation
By RAHIMY RAHIM
Wednesday, 05 Jul 2023
10:08 AM MYT
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin have met to discuss the agenda to unite the Malay community, says Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan.
The Malay Proclamation secretariat chairman said the almost two-hour long meeting between the two was to ensure the continuity of the struggle to empower the Malay community.
He added that the two leaders had set aside their political differences and agreed to promote the Malay Proclamation movement.
"Indeed, the non-partisan Malay Proclamation movement will also open its doors to any enthusiastic Malays who are willing to unite regardless of their respective political ideologies," he said in a statement on Wednesday (July 5)
He did not go into the details about what was discussed by Mahathir and Muhyiddin.
Khairuddin also said that the Malay Proclamation movement is not based on party lines but on the struggle and spirit of Malays alone.
"We only seek to discuss and resolve Malay issues based on the rights of the Malays as enshrined in the Federal Constitution," he said, adding that it will not allow any infringement upon the rights of other communities in the country in an unconstitutional manner.
Muhyiddin, who is also the Bersatu president, had previously said that he was prepared to work with his former colleague-turned-rival Dr Mahathir after the latter extended an olive branch to him.
“I welcome Dr Mahathir’s statement that he is willing to cooperate with me. I am aware of recent political developments that put the Malays and Muslims in this country at tough crossroads,” Muhyiddin said.
Dr Mahathir and Muhyiddin founded Bersatu together in 2016 and the party joined the Pakatan Harapan coalition which then came to federal power in the 14th General Election (GE14) in 2018.
They parted ways when the Pakatan government was brought down by the Sheraton Move in February 2020, which saw Muhyiddin taking the party out of the coalition despite protests from Dr Mahathir.
Dr Mahathir resigned as the prime minister and Bersatu chairman and was sacked from the party three months later for not supporting the Muhyiddin-led Perikatan government.
Both led rival coalitions that contested against each other in GE15, with Muhyiddin heading Perikatan and Dr Mahathir helming the now defunct Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA).
Kit Siang quotes Dr M’s book to rebut views on multiculturalism
Lim Kit Siang says Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s stance on the constitution contradicts his own Vision 2020 and its nine strategic challenges.
FMT Reporters - 05 Jul 2023, 11:55am
DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang says former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has proved to be quite a ‘political chameleon’. (Twitter pic)
PETALING JAYA: Lim Kit Siang has rebutted Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s views on the Federal Constitution and multiculturalism, with the DAP stalwart quoting an excerpt from the former prime minister’s book published in 2021.
Referring to Mahathir’s book, “Capturing Hope – The Struggle for a New Malaysia”, the former Iskandar Puteri MP quoted a paragraph in which Mahathir had taken a swipe at Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin when he alluded to “those who desire to be seen as Malay-first…and this enabled them to promote a Malay-Muslim government.”
Muhyiddin, the then deputy prime minister, had in 2010 declared he was “Malay first” when responding to Lim’s challenge to state whether he was Malay or Malaysian first.
Lim said that Mahathir had, in his book, stated that it was impossible to set up a Malay-Muslim government.
Mahathir had argued that this was because over 30% of the population comprised non-Malays.
The former Langkawi MP went on to say that the “Malay-Muslim government of Perikatan Nasional under Muhyiddin actually depended on non-Malays to survive”.
Lim then said: “But these are no more his views”.
On Monday, Mahathir claimed that promoting a multi-ethnic country went against the Federal Constitution.
Mahathir also questioned whether the current government is disregarding the rule of law as Malaysia was never described as a multi-ethnic nation in the Federal Constitution.
“Instead, the Federal Constitution emphasises the ‘Malayness’ of Malaysia,” he said.
Lim today said that Mahathir’s stance on the constitution differed when the latter announced Vision 2020 and its nine strategic challenges.
Back then, Lim said, Mahathir was of the view that the Malaysian Constitution was that of a multiracial Malaysia.
“Mahathir has proved to be quite a political chameleon."
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