I didn't mean to ask Najib to step down: Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Former
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had no intention to ask
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to resign but his criticism
were merely meant to be a 'wake up call'.
"I did not say he (Najib) must step down, I just do not agree with a
number of his policies. It is a reminder and nothing personal. Nobody
dares to criticise him, so I am doing it," he told reporters after
launching the Institute of Excellence For Islamic Jerusalem Studies,
here today.
The former Prime Minister in his blog posting today said he had
criticised Najib's administration because leaders who are not criticised
would tend to believe they are doing the right thing.
He added that only when they are criticised, leaders would realise their mistakes and quickly rectify such mistakes.
Dr Mahathir said he had decided to post his criticism and comments on
the blog because his criticism in the past had fallen on deaf ears.
Meanwhile, he said the setting up of the IEIJS would enlighten the
understanding and academic facts of what was happening in Palestine, to
the Muslim world.
"There are not many factual studies about Jerusalem by Muslim
scholars. With the establishment of this institute, I hope there would
be a better understanding of whatever happened there," he said.
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