Pakatan one-term govt unless it changes, warns Dr Mahathir 

Noor Azam Shairi Noor Azam Shairi Updated 6 years ago · Published on 20 Jan 2020 10:40AM · 6 Comments

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Pakatan Harapan needs good management to regain the rakyat’s trust. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Jahabar Sadiq, January 20, 2020.

PAKATAN Harapan might just be a one-term government unless it changes for the better and cut out in-fighting, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

The string of by-election losses is a sign the government needs to buck up and deliver to the people who voted PH into power in 2018, he said.

“It could be a one-term government unless it changes itself for the better. 

“We need good management,” Dr Mahathir said when asked about the possibility at a breakfast with selected journalists in Langkawi. 

Some party members in the coalition are keener about fighting for posts rather than working for the people, he said.

PH’s Warisan party lost its bid for the Kimanis federal seat on Saturday, marking the fifth defeat for the pact in 10 by-elections since the May 2018 general election that swept it to power at the expense of the long-ruling Barisan Nasional. 

Civil society and activists have said PH needs to fulfil its manifesto pledges and revive the moribund economy left behind by BN, whose last prime minister Najib Razak is facing a slew of corruption charges. 

PH has fulfilled some of its campaign pledges but needs to kick-start the economy. 

The ringgit has shown some improvement and trading at RM4.05 to the US dollar at 10am today, while crude palm oil prices peaked at RM3,134 per tonne on January 10 but has eased to RM2,837 per tonne last Friday. – January 20, 2020.

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  • yep. changes you...soon please. thanks

    Posted 6 years ago by . . · Reply

  • Ministry of Education and Home Affairs are disappointing, both need changes badly.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • We are asking for reforms but u r talking changes also sound difficult. If u can't do it, step down and let someone else show a better way. If u think u r always the best and Nobody else can do better than u , the country will finish bcos u can't live forever. So PREJUDGE anybody, take away your superiority complex and entire the young leaders with good and right values. Then they can move forward but I only see u wait for them to make mistake and so what u intended to so capitalizing on the fault of others. DR M , have the country in mind as your top priority as u said BUT don't do otherwise. Jangan begin tak sama cakap.

    Posted 6 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • A fish rots from the head down.

    Posted 6 years ago by Francis Anthony · Reply

  • Dr Mahathir, this is the only chance left for u to right all the wrongs. We never think u really want to do the right things after u attended the Maruah Melayu meeting!!! Your Umno mentality is still very strong, protect the Melayu elites and leave the B40 melayu behind. No nation in the world has really succeeded by going with race and religion as priorities. U never stop this and we believe u r not really sincere to help the poor including the Melayu poors.

    Posted 6 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • Good God is he for real

    Posted 6 years ago by Rance ramasamy · Reply