Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad clarified that his most recent blog post was not meant as a call for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to resign, and was instead a “wake up call” to his successor.
“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,” Bernama reports him as saying yesterday.
In his blog post, the highly influential former PM who administered the country for a record 22 years pulled back his support for the Najib federal government, citing numerous policies and perceived mistakes made by Najib since his ascension to the top job in 2009, including Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in the 13th General Elections last year, his appeasement of the political opposition and foreign powers, and the disenfranchisement of the Malay people who form Najib and ruling party UMNO’s power base.
Mahathir added yesterday that leaders would only realise their mistakes and quickly rectify them when there are those who stand up to criticise them.
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