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One of the rare occasions these days where I agree with Mahathir
This is one of the rare occasions these days where I agree with the former Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir Mohamad who said yesterday that Malaysia will only have a non-Malay prime minister when the Malays, who make up the majority of the population, are ready to accept one.
I told Mahathir in 2019 that we must be serious with our election manifesto and that I was surprised by his statement that election manifesto is not a bible
I thank Tommy Thomas for agreeing to be moderator of this discussion.
I never said DAP “used” Mahathir
At the Kuala Lumpur launch of Kee Thuan Chye’s “Lim Kit Siang — Malaysian First — Volume II” at Sogo this morning, I was asked by the press about former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s podcast where he said he used DAP and that the DAP used him too.
Mahathir eating his own words by becoming unofficial adviser to the co-operation group of four PAS states
The announcement by the Terengganu Menteri Besar, Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar that the four states of Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu are forming an official co-operation group, with Mahathir Mohamad as its unofficial adviser, reminds me of what Mahathir wrote in his book “Capturing Hope — The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia” after the 22-month Pakatan Haparan Government, for which he became Prime Minister for the second time, was toppled by the infamous Sheraton Move political conspiracy in February 2020:
If I had set out in my political journey as a communist, anti-Malay, anti-Islam, and anti-Royalty, I would have been life-long failure in my 58 years of political work
If I had set out in my political journey as a communist, anti-Malay, anti-Islam, and anti-Royalty, I would have been a life-long failure in my 58 years of political work.
If Mahathir’s latest fulmination is right, then his premiership twice lasting close to a quarter of a century was an utter failure
If Mahathir Mohamad’s latest fulmination is right, then his premiership twice lasting close to a quarter of a century was an utter failure.
Thanks to Mahathir, the big picture for the six state polls have been clarified — whether the promotion of a multi-racial Malaysia runs foul of the Malaysian Constitution
Thanks to Mahathir Mohamad, the big picture for the six state polls have been clarified — whether the promotion of a multi-racial Malaysia runs foul of the Malaysian Constitution.
Hussein Onn told me that that his biggest mistake in life was making Mahathir Deputy UMNO President in 1976 which allowed Mahathir twice to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia for close to a quarter of a century
The third Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Hussein Onn, told me after his retirement in the eighties that his biggest mistake in life was making Mahathir Mohamad the Deputy UMNO President in 1976 which allowed Mahathir twice to become the Prime Minister of Malaysia for close to a quarter of a century.
What has Mahathir, who was Prime Minister for over six terms covering some 24 years, got to say about the Kedah Menteri Besar’s claim that Kedah had been instructed by the Federal Government to cultivate paddy which led to high poverty rates and Kedah become the second poorest state in Malaysia?
I attended the Aidilfitri Open House of Penang DAP in Juru yesterday which, for the first time, was attended by the Penang state Barisan Nasional top leadership.
The Anwar-Mahathir war will enthral all Malaysians but the most important question in Malaysia today is whether all political parties and Malaysians will compete to race Malaysia to the top as a successful world-class nation and not to compete to race Malaysia to the bottom as a failed, divided, and kleptocratic state
Posted by Kit in Anwar Ibrahim, Mahathir, nation building on Tuesday, 9 May 2023
The Anwar-Mahathir war will enthral all Malaysians but the most important question in Malaysia today is whether all political parties and Malaysians will compete to race Malaysia to the top as a successful world-class nation and not to compete to race Malaysia to the bottom as a failed, divided, and kleptocratic state.
Mahathir’s blaming Abdullah and Najib for the total failure of Vision 2020 has reinforced my argument that Parliament should be extended by another two days to debate why Vision 2020 was a total failure with Malaysia more corrupt, disunited, and polarised along race and religious lines at the end when compared to the beginning of Vision 2020 in 1991
Malaysia was governed by three men in the 30 years between 1991 and 2020 to fulfil the objectives of Vision 2020: Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 1991–September 2003; Abdullah Badawi September 2003–April 2009; and Najib Razak April 2009–May 2018; again Dr. Mahathir Mohamad May 2018–Feb. 2020.
All the nine strategic challenges spelt out by Mahathir when launching Vision 2020 in 1991 were abject failures
I re-read the nine strategic challenges spelt out by the fourth Prime Minister. Mahathir Mohamad when launching Vision 2020 in 1991, and found to my horror that all the nine strategic challenges were abject failures for Malaysia.
Final Advice to Mahathir Mohamad
Before the 15th General Election on 19 November 2022, I advised two doyens of Malaysian politics, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah not to contest in the general election but to take on advisory roles.
Malaysia does not want to be another Singapore but better than the island republic, as Malaysia is better positioned to leverage on the best values and virtues of four great civilisations to build a new international civilisation for the world
On the way to Subang Airport, I passed a huge billboard advertising that Monash University has been ranked No. 44 in the Times Higher Education World Universities Rankings 2023, which set me thinking about the ranking of Malaysian universities.
I have never asked Mukhriz Mahathir any question!
Posted by Kit in Mahathir, Malaysian Dream on Monday, 6 March 2023
I have never asked Mukhriz Mahathir any question.
He purports to answer for his father, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who just dissociated himself from Mukhriz’ political views.
Should Malaysians dream a common dream of a “Malaysian Dream” or separate dreams of a “Malay Dream” and a “Non-Malay Dream”?
Posted by Kit in Mahathir, Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 5 March 2023
Should Malaysians dream a common dream of a “Malaysian Dream” or separate dreams of a “Malay Dream” and a “Non-Malay Dream”?
The answer should be obvious after six decades of Malaysian nation-building, but it has been thrown to the forefront of Malaysian politics by the author of the 1970 book “The Malay Dilemma”.
Mahathir invited to also discuss “The Malaysian Dilemma” and not just focus on “The Malay Dilemma” while ignoring “The Non-Malay Dilemma” altogether
Mahathir Mohammad made a name for himself in 1970 when he wrote “The Malay Dilemma”.
After becoming a senior Cabinet Minister for seven years and twice Prime Minister of Malaysia for altogether 24 years, Mahathir recently concluded that the Malays have lost economic and political control of Malaysia.
After nearly 100 years, from pro-Malay to pro-Malay for Mahathir – I feel great sadness at such a retrograde step as it is a blow to Vision 2020 and concept of Bangsa Malaysia
I feel great sadness that after nearly 100 years in Malaysian politics, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has only moved from pro-Malay to pro-Malay when yesterday he announced a new “Malay” movement – Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) to fight UMNO in the 15th general election.
I feel great sadness because it is a retrograde step which is a blow to Vision 2020 and the concept of Bangsa Malaysia.
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Pakatan Harapan must resolve four communications failures before the 15th General Election if PH is not to suffer from these four misperceptions
Posted by Kit in CSRA, DAP, Mahathir, PH Government on Sunday, 2 January 2022
Pakatan Harapan must resolve four communications failures before the 15th General Election if PH is not to suffer from these four misperceptions.
The first is the image of the Pakatan Harapan Government.
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, in his new book on his 22-month premiership of the Pakatan Harapan government said that there was the allegation that the DAP was dominating the PH Government. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarawak general election must prove that the Pakatan Harapan campaign for a world-class great Sarawak and Malaysia for a clean and better future is still the best vision for our children and children’s children and not a “hopeless cause”
Posted by Kit in Elections, Mahathir, nation building, Pakatan Harapan on Sunday, 12 December 2021
Next week, two books on the recent history of Malaysia will hit the bookstores in the country – the first, “Capturing Hope – The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia” by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad will be available tomorrow while the second, “Final Reckoning – An Insider’s View of the Fall of Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional Government” by Romen Bose, the former political communications adviser to Najib Razak when he was Prime Minister of Malaysia, which will be available in all bookstores on Tuesday.
Both these books provide an invaluable insight into the past tumultuous decade, both the 22-month Pakatan Harapan government and the Najib government which was toppled by a democratic vote of the people of Malaysia in the 14th General Election on May 9, 2018, in particular how Najib averted a plot to arrest him while Prime Minister over the 1MDB scandal at a Cabinet meeting a day earlier by the sacking of Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Attorney-General Gani Patail in the final “Week of Long Knives” in July 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
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