Dr Mahathir: My criticism was not meant to ask PM to step down

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My criticism was not meant to ask PM to step down - Dr Mahathir
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had no intention to ask Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to resign but his criticism were merely meant to be a 'wake up call'.

"I did not say he (Najib) must step down, I just do not agree with a number of his policies. It is a reminder and nothing personal. Nobody dares to criticise him, so I am doing it," he told reporters after launching the Institute of Excellence For Islamic Jerusalem Studies, here today.

The former Prime Minister in his blog posting today said he had criticised Najib's administration because leaders who are not criticised would tend to believe they are doing the right thing.

He added that only when they are criticised, leaders would realise their mistakes and quickly rectify such mistakes.

Dr Mahathir said he had decided to post his criticism and comments on the blog because his criticism in the past had fallen on deaf ears.

Meanwhile, he said the setting up of the IEIJS would enlighten the understanding and academic facts of what was happening in Palestine, to the Muslim world.

"There are not many factual studies about Jerusalem by Muslim scholars. With the establishment of this institute, I hope there would be a better understanding of whatever happened there," he said.
(BERNAMA)


-- TNA 2014-08-19

[MobileContent]

If anyone would have criticized Mahathir in the past, he would have had a lot of problems. Tuanku Abdul Rahman the first PM of Malaysia is a good example.

[borisloosebrain]

The recalcitrant one returns. I miss your Aussie bashing you bigoted old man

[tubby johnson]

The mad doctor is a resentful old racist. He can't come to terms with not being top dog anymore. He's doomed to live on in bitter obscurity until his death.

[ggt]

Nobody dares to criticise him, so I am doing it,"

A man with a death wish?

[sunshine51]

Mahathir is simply a decrepit old loon who reckons he still

has plenty of political power. Sadly...that just may be partially

true. He tenacious...I will give him that.

[BestBitterPhuket]

A true psychopath, Dr M is the father of the Malaysian apartheid. Malaysia is changing into a ethnically homogenous society where only one race and religion will thrive. The minority will migrate or vanish.

[outsider]

The mad doctor is a resentful old racist. He can't come to terms with not being top dog anymore. He's doomed to live on in bitter obscurity until his death.

Completely agreed. He's way, way past his 'best before' date.