It is clear here that our ex PM is the racist where Pak Lah is not. It is very disgusted that Dr M did not stand up as a ex PM but a racist. I think many will disappointed with this report.
He went on to add that Umno should not support a leader who has done little for
the Malays, and called for the prime minister's advisers to be removed from
office.
Just Pak Lah stopped his mega project and he went back to the Tun Razak time.
What shall the bangsa Malaysia do now ?
Mahathir openly says he doesn't support Abdullah
By Reme Ahmad, Malaysia Bureau Chief Jul 29, 2006 The Straits Times KOTA BARU, KELANTAN - TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday escalated his attacks on Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, declaring openly that he no longer supported his leadership.
He went on to add that Umno should not support a leader who has done little for the Malays, and called for the prime minister's advisers to be removed from office.
'When we become prime minister, it doesn't mean we can do whatever we want,' Dr Mahathir said, to loud claps from more than 1,000 people attending a public forum at a hotel.
Dr Mahathir's sharpest volley yet at his successor came hours after a dramatic incident, in which he was attacked by an unknown assailant with pepper spray as he arrived here for a public meeting.
He later said that he believed this was an attempt to prevent him from speaking out against the government.
Dr Mahathir's comments are likely to send shockwaves through the country, given that it was the first time he has directed his attacks so pointedly at Datuk Seri Abdullah and the business dealings of his family members.
His comments were widely seen by observers as an escalation of the battle for the minds of Umno's three million members, even though he dismissed a suggestion that he was trying to make a comeback as PM.
The former premier told reporters that he had kept silent for two years while the Abdullah administration went around telling people 'I finished (government) funds, did mega projects'.
In a two-hour-long tirade against the PM, he hurled allegations of deals that had been made by Datuk Seri Abdullah's son, Mr Kamaluddin Abdullah, and by Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, the premier's son-in-law.
But he offered no proof to back up his claims, saying he had gleaned the information from reading newspaper reports.
He added that while Datuk Seri Abdullah had promised more transparency in his government, the opposite was happening.
These charges are likely to be strongly disputed by the PM and his aides.
Asked if the present rift with the government could be resolved, Dr Mahathir replied: 'It can be resolved if we follow the old institution: that the prime minister becomes the prime minister, and not his family becomes the prime minister.
'Close level four (of the PM's office) and sack all these officers.
'And re-negotiate, no, just build, the (Johor) bridge.'
Those who occupy level four in the Prime Minister's office include special officers handling media communications and policy issues.
Mr Khairy had once worked there as an adviser to the PM.
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