MalayMail-Mar 27
Former two-time prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today claimed that Malays “lost everything” after he resigned from office following the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in February 2020.
The 97-year-old said he sought to hold a “Malay Proclamation” gathering to rally the community into realizing the issues they are facing. “Indeed, the Malays became so poor after I was no longer the prime minister,” he said on Facebook. He claimed the Malay Proclamation gathering was obstructed by certain other parties and was a betrayal of a promise in the Federal Constitution. He claimed Umno no longer holds on to the goals of its establishment as it has not protested against the obstruction of the Malay Proclamation. “That is why other parties are needed to protect the rights of the Malays and other Bumiputera,” he added. He said that these are all reasons for Malays to oppose the government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. On March 17, Anwar issued a stern warning against any attempts to instigate or escalate religious or racial tension in Malaysia, adding that any irresponsible statements would not be tolerated as Malaysia must remain peaceful and be developed together by the Malays, the Chinese, the Indians and other ethnicities like the Dayaks, Ibans and Melanaus, the Kadazan-Dusun and others,” he said in a post-Cabinet press conference in Putrajaya. Read more at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/03/27/dr-mahathir-claims-malays-lost-everything-after-he-was-no-longer-pm-in-2020/61703
