Dr M slams Pak Lah’s administration for allowing racial tension to develop

The former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that public debates which dwell on racial issues are hampering the economic growth of the country and that they will destabilize the country and put the blame on Tun Abdullah Badawi, his successor for being responsible for the current racial tension situation in Malaysia. He suggested that under his administration, the country was more united. He said “I am worried because over the last five, six years, you don’t see the country growing at all. At the same time you see accusation on the part of all races. The Malays accuse the Chinese, the Chinese accuse the Indians and then the Indians accuse the Malays," Dr Mahathir added that “Before that there were no such opposition because people were doing well and happy.

The government was also doing everything possible and of course we are not perfect, but people were happy. If the people were not happy then they would have created a lot of problems. There was also no questions asked about who gets what and how much. If there are questions, we deal with it behind closed doors because if you go public then emotions are stirred and that is not good. When I stepped down, it seems that the new government of Abdullah was more liberal and this is because the people want to have more freedom to discuss sensitive issues but as you can see today the relationship between the different races is worse than during my time. So the question is whether you want to have the freedom to discuss for the sake of discussing or you want to have stability in this country. If you want stability and growth in this country then it better to handle this thing as a sensitive issue but if you think that you want to be liberal like in some countries, they cannot grow because they are liberal and the situation in the country is always unstable,”

He added that public debates could be counter-productive which instead of a more harmonious result could end in anger and racial tension. He said “If there is public debate on racial issues then of course you will defend your race. The other side will defend his race and sometimes they don’t stick to facts. They say things which raise emotions, anger and hatred which will destabilize the country. I know all about freedom of speech but I know many countries which have freedom of speech and can never have any progress except for the highly developed countries. There they can curse each other and then adjourned to the pub and have a beer. But here, if you curse each other it, you don’t talk and becomes worse. Your daughter cannot marry his son and that sort of things. Here we are different from them. The non-Malays should also stop making baseless allegation such as all scholarships are given to Bumiputeras and all government contracts are given to Bumiputeras. Is this true or not? It is not enough to just speak, must have facts. It is not based on facts. I want it to be based on facts. This is a multi-racial country. We have share together because we live together. But if we make baseless accusations against one another, it will create instability. Instability will affect everybody,”

On the current administration under Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, he said “The situation is way better than Pak Lah. During Pak Lah’s time, I could not speak at all. I was not invited by anybody. He is very liberal and democratic but people like me could not speak. However Najib did give me some opportunity to speak so he is good. Najib also has ideas (for the country). My hope for Datuk Seri Najib is more than the predecessor, Mr. Corridor. There are many corridors but what can you find in the corridors? The press should make a report on all the corridors of the five years, what has been done,”



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MAMAK TONGKANG, BLAME YOURSELF FIRST

IT WAS YOU WHO CREATED ALL THIS S H I T

PROBABLY YOU HAVE POOR MEMORY DUE TO OLD AGE.

YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A MORON


THIS EX-PM BASTARD IS THE ARCHITECT OF RACISM IN BOLEHLAND.

YET, HE IS TRYING TO BLAME IT ON SLEEPY HEAD..WHAT A COWARDLY DICKHEAD...ALWAYS PUSHING

THE BLAME ON OTHERS FOR HIS EVIL DOINGS.

BLACK ARSEHOLE, YOU CAN LI


BULLSHIT bloody racist muslim!
THIS OLD BASTARD IS THE CAUSE OF RACISM AND TERROR IN THIS BELOVED NATION AND THEN ACCUSES THE TRUE BODOH malay PAK LAH AS THE RACIST?

MY GOOD GRACIOUS MALAYSIANS ESPECIALLY THE malays DO YOU BELIEVE THIS CORRUPT CROOOK?

NOW ADVERTISE HIS BIG FAT NOSE WITH ANOTHER "sly FOX' WHO THINKS a Malay CAN OUT FOX THIS OLD TURKEY BUZZARD?

THIS OLD MAFIA IS PLOTTING TO GIVE umno under NAJIB the SUPPORT BECAUSE THE Mahahtir Jr. IS IN LINE TO THE PM'S POST COME 2020!

SO THE CUNNING TURKEY MAFIA PLOYS Ibrahim Ali SO THE umno MUST NOT LOSE TO THE PR?

POWER CRAZY SELFISH POLITICIANS WHO PLOY ALL THE RICHNESS OF OUR NATION TO THEIR FAMILIES AND CRONIES?

HOW COME THE MAHATHIR JR CLAN ARE BILLIONAIRES ? AND WE MALAYSIANS STILL LIVE IN TOTAL POVERTY?

TWO PLOTS OF FORMULA 1 SPONSORSHIP? WHO'S MONEY?

THEY USE THEIR POWER TO MAKE THEIR NAMES AND GET THE RICHES......

MALAYSIANS WE MUST WILL THE CHANGE AND AGAINST ALL ODDS PLACE OUR SUPPORT AND VOTE TO THE PR COALITION.

WE MALAYSIANS VOTE DAP ,PKR ,PAS NO MATTER WHAT THE "POLITICAL CONSPIRACIES " .

ALL THE TRICKS AND MISUSE OF POWER FROM umno BN MUST NOT GAIN "FRAUD" VICTORY.

WE THE PEOPLE MUST SHOW SOLIDARITY AND LIKE OUR COUNTER PARTS IN JAPAN, INDONESIA, THAILAND, PAKISTAN COME FULL FORCE BY PEACEFUL MEANS TO STAND AND DELIVER THE CHANGE!

WE MUST LIKE THE PAKISTAN LEGAL FRATERNITY TAKE THE STAND TO BRING DOWN THIS
"EVIL CORRUPT FG" BY PEOPLE POWER.

SEE PAKISTAN IS RUN BY ISLAMIC LAWS YET THEY MADE GOOD THE LEGAL SECULAR LAWS TO GET THEIR MILITARY PRESIDENT TO RESIGN OR FACE CHARGES!


HIDUP RAKYAT, HIDUP PR, (DAP, PKR, PAS) DAULAT TUANKU.

A PATRIOTIC MALAYSIAN FIGHTING PEACEFULLY FOR A TRUE FREE "MERDEKA" MALAYSIA FOR ALL MALAYSIANS.