KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has revealed that the appointment of Lim Guan Eng as finance minister after he became the prime minister for the second time was purely because he was confident in the latter’s ability to perform well.
“The allegation that I was being controlled by DAP was played up by Umno so relentlessly that I was unable to counter them,” he wrote. “This was all propaganda, and it came from the side that lost the general election, but Malaysians who are not very knowledgeable about politics tend to swallow this hook, line and sinker,” he wrote.
“This was patently untrue. Like everyone else, Guan Eng listened to the views of others, and there was no way to impose his will on the Cabinet. Dr Mahathir said when Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Umno started playing up the fear that DAP would somehow “destroy the Malays”, it resonated with the community as, for many years, people in Umno had claimed that DAP was the enemy.
“The DAP could not do anything without the consent of the Cabinet. They would put up a paper in the Cabinet, and we would debate. The Cabinet rejected many of their suggestions, which is the usual business of government,” he wrote. For example, he said the Chinese community will continue to demand that Chinese schools be maintained and that the Chinese language be used, and even to the point of inviting only Chinese-speaking people to apply for jobs.
confirm typical Ixxxx using people yet want comments on people ... bf
U created bigger mess then bossku.
..which means LGE is anytime better than him.
Alamak.. this revelation will piss some ppl off
What mess? By most financial indicators, Najib was doing much better. Dengki ke?
That’s weird..when u NEEDED someone & probably the only one to fix problems u can’t fix… isn’t that somehow in the slightest way related to ‘being forced’?
Still lying...
Aren't he was from UMNO ? Just using similar old stale tactics of anti-Malays, anti-Islam etc that he used it against DAP. Yet majority still believe it with warped mind. 'Reap what you sow'. Karma.
mahathir politics lah ... praise on one hand and on the other hand using the changkul to beat to death the very same targeted group. have we not seen this so very often?
whatever you say lah Tun!
Maybe LGE skills in Selling of gov assets and investments at the lowest price. Direct nego... Cheap²
Which he has none
Finally, he is talking some sense..
Well done, congratulations with the best skill at selling off assets, borrow hundreds of billions, cuts in welfare+assistance, achieving worst performing stock market+currency 👏👏👏
Kah kah
His skills were selectively in picking the victims but Zeti and others VIPs?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭😜