January 22, 2013
Dragging the late Tunku Abdul Rahman into his
'mud of self-righteousness', is the final nail in the coffin of
Mahathir's credibility and legacy, claims Sarawak PKR.
KUCHING:
Day by day the true colours of former prime minister Dr Mahathir
Mohamad is emerging and with each new revelation, more repulsive and
contemptible than the last, claims opposition PKR.
Alluding to the unravelling testimonies in the Sabah Royal Commission
of Inquiry and Perkasa’s latest stab at Christians, state PKR chief
Baru Bian said:
“He [Mahathir] managed to single-handedly manipulate the demographics
of Sabah, which may have a very different socio-economic and
geo-political landscape today but for his meddling.
“By his manipulation, Sabah was turned [from a Christian majority]
into a Muslim-majority state. And his admission that it did indeed
happen shows Mahathir to be a traitor to the nation.”
Bian said it was no wonder that Mahathir fully backed Perkasa
president Ibrahim Ali’s call to burn the Malay Bibles over the use of
Allah term.
“It is no secret that he is of the same ilk as the racist Ibrahim Ali
and is a supporter of Perkasa; in fact, they both shared the same
platform last week at the Perkasa convention where Ibrahim made the call
for the Alkitab to be burnt.
“Mahathir’s presence at the event and his silence in the face of
incendiary racist rants from Ibrahim speaks volumes about the true
character of this man who fancies himself as the infallible father of
modern Malaysia.
“But in an effort to save his face, Mahathir is now attempting to
drag the late Tunku Abdul Rahman to join him in the mud where he wallows
in self-righteousness.
“That, in the eyes of many Malaysians, is the final nail in the coffin of Mahathir’s legacy and his credibility.
“Only a desperate and dishonourable person would resort to such despicable measures,” he said.
Why is Najib silent?
Bian said that Malaysians know the difference between the actions of Tunku and Mahathir.
“I would be very interested to hear the views of the current prime
minister on the matter but he is, as usual, mute in the face of
challenging and awkward issues.
“The revelations of the RCI lend credence to claims by the opposition
that the BN government has been offering ICs to Indonesian workers in
West Malaysia in exchange for votes.
“Project IC was highly successful in producing the intended result
for the BN government, and the current prime minister had declared in
2010 that Umno would defend Putrajaya at all cost, even if ‘if our
bodies are crushed and our lives lost’, meaning they would stop at
nothing to retain Putrajaya.
“It is very plausible that they would replicate Dr Mahathir’s dirty tactics to retain Putrajaya.
“In which case the rakyat’s distrust of the Elections Commission has
been justified by revelations of Project IC and investigations must be
conducted into the then Sabah EC director Wan Ahmad Wan Yusof for his
role in this scandal without delay,” he said.
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