Dr Mahathir says biggest regret in life was to step down in 2003


Desmond Davidson

Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he resigned in 2003 because he felt old, but didn’t anticipate that those who succeeded him would create unease among the people. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 17, 2021.

DR Mahathir Mohamad said his decision to step down as prime minister in 2003 was his biggest regret in his 80 years of national politics.

“(Because) I never imagined that people who succeeded me or came after me would be doing things that are just not right and had created unease among the people,” the former prime minister said in clear reference to his successor Abdullah Badawi and Najib Razak.


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    Posted 3 years ago by Francis Anthony

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