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Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has come out to list several reasons why former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not like him.
Najib, a former Prime Minister himself, said Mahathir was not pleased at him for not agreeing to privatise Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and sell the company to a businessman close to the latter.
But the issues listed did not play out until GE14 and weren’t contributing factors to Pakatan Harapan’s rise to power.
It’s therefore best to let the matter rest as our immediate concern now is to rebuild the economy, not pointing fingers over something that isn’t going to put more bread on the commoner’s table.
It’s high time we did away with finger-pointing and set a new precedent in Malaysian politics.
SUBANG JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has come out to list several reasons why former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not like him.
Najib, a former Prime Minister himself, said Mahathir was not pleased at him for not agreeing to privatise Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and sell the company to a businessman close to the latter.
Najib also pointed to the halted Johor-Singapore crooked bridge proposal and his refusal to offer the then ailing Proton company an RM3 billion grant as among reasons.
But we know most of it, particularly the part about the crooked bridge proposal and the Proton grant.
Mahathir was very vocal about it and even called the Tun Abdullah Badawi government “a coward” for backing out of the bridge project.
But Mahathir stopped talking about the crooked bridge sometime in 2015 and became focused primarily on allegations related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Regardless if the allegations were true or otherwise, the 1MDB issue played out right until the 14thgeneral election and became the single most damaging allegation that led to Barisan Nasional’s downfall.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was on board with Mahathir on the matter and even implied that his concerns regarding the fund was the main reason he was sacked from government and UMNO.
It follows, if Najib can now forgive Muhyiddin and implore the rakyat to give the Prime Minister a chance, he probably also forgives Mahathir as the issue that concerned Muhyiddin was the same one that concerned Mahathir.
Truth is, the crooked bridge and the MAS saga was probably something personal between Najib and Mahathir and was in no way a contributing factor to Barisan Nasional’s downfall.
It’s therefore best to let the matter rest as our immediate concern now is to rebuild the economy, not pointing fingers over something that isn’t going to put more bread on the commoner’s table.
It’s high time we did away with finger-pointing and set a new precedent in Malaysian politics.
THE THIRD FORCE
