Dr Mahathir a wolf in sheep's clothing, says Khairy

Jason Santos Jason Santos Updated 6 years ago · Published on 24 Mar 2018 4:37PM · 6 Comments

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, in referring to Pakatan Harapan chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad, says 'once a dictator, always a dictator'. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 24, 2018.

THE opposition is deluding itself into believing that Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a changed man, said Khairy Jamaluddin, adding that the former prime minister is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”.

The Pakatan Harapan chairman, who turns 93 in July, should never be allowed to govern the country again as most of the problems that exist now stem from his 22-year rule, the Umno Youth chief told reporters after chairing a Sabah Umno meeting in Kota Kinabalu today.

“Once a dictator, always a dictator.

“I have listed all the mistakes and weaknesses during the Mahathir administration in my Umno Youth policy speech during the party’s general assembly.

“Malaysians are still paying for the problems that he created.”

Khairy, who is also youth and sports minister, said many lopsided agreements were sealed during Dr Mahathir’s tenure as prime minister, such as massive privatisation excercises, where most of the deals favoured private corporations.

“The attack against the country’s judiciary, when he removed the chief justice…this problem was later corrected by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi when he was prime minister.”

He also accused Dr Mahathir of focusing too much on developing the Klang Valley, and as a result, there are development imbalances in other parts of the country.

“This can be seen in Sabah and Sarawak.

“Only under Abdullah and Najib Razak were these problems slowly corrected,” said Khairy, citing the Pan-Borneo Highway as one of the projects aimed at reducing the development gap between the peninsula, and Sabah and Sarawak.

The Pan-Borneo Highway, stretching 2,325km, is being built at a cost of RM30 billion by the federal government. It will link Sabah and Sarawak with Brunei and Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Khairy said the campaign to spoil votes in the 14th general election is a clear example of youths’ disillusionment with Dr Mahathir, who is PH’s choice for interim prime minister if the pact wins federal power.

He added that the BN Career Carnival will be held in Sabah on April 8.

The programme aims to assist the state’s youth in gaining employment.

“We want to correct this perception created by the opposition. We want Malaysians to know that the country still has enough jobs to go around.

“The opposition has nothing but complaints, unlike BN, which has short- and long-term plans to assist all Malaysians.” – March 24, 2018.

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  • Malay thugs and goons

    Posted 6 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • Wah !!! lots of the other people mistakes and mouthful of words but empty actions. This disillusioned youth head after the premiership post was dashed from his grasp became almost wayward in direction. Now like a salted fish being revived but still did not shine in his youth and sport ministry and infact has a scandals of the 100mils attached in his tenure. What is there for you to talk so loud and shifting the blame when your FIL has not being abled to do much when he has the responsibility to do so and somemore you were the the top advisor at that time. Be humble and know the wrongs in the country and be a man to be on the right side to correct it. Your scortching criticism on that man are now trying to undo his mistakes and making amends . Why not you???

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Have a bit of respect. After what he has done, AT LEAST CALL HIM A LION IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING..

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

    • although i generally think you are an idiot that is not woth my time, on this count i agree with you , dr mahathir deserves respect - one should call him a lion, even when disparaging him....

      Posted 6 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy · Reply

  • Ungrateful! YOu only remember his mistakes? Of course they were aplenty. But how about the good he has done? You mean he has not done any good to the country? In the first place, can you tell the rakyat how much were you paid from 1MDB fund? Are you paid to cover up the biggest scandal committed by a kleptocracy govt? If you are, you are as guilty as committing it yourself. You have no credibility. You betrayed the nation's trust.

    Posted 6 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • It is very unwise for any young bird to demean an elder. Many of your seniors do not want to do that, do you know why?

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply