KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today hit out at the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim-led unity government, describing it as a dictatorship. He said all Malaysians have...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today hit out at the Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim-led unity government, describing it as a dictatorship.
“This is a dictatorship. People can’t speak up or criticise the government and that is a dictator for you,” said Dr Mahathir at a press conference on Malay Proclamation that was streamed live on Facebook. It is believed that the gathering’s cancellation was due to Anwar's previous speech directed at Dr Mahathir and his family members.
He said the Malay Proclamation gathering would not cause any racial issues, as he only wanted to gather Malays to express their unhappiness with the current government. Dr Mahathir also claimed that the unity government controls the flow of news to be favourable towards them by censoring certain media outlets.Dr Mahathir said the government's portrayal of Malaysia as a multi-racial country was actually a ploy to remove the special rights of the Malays.
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