Mahathir’s real agenda
(Malaysia Outlook) – August 22 has come and gone but the hyped D-Day for those named in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) suit appears to have passed with no hearing and action taken by the parties involved.
There was no hearing on Monday and nothing has been scheduled by the American court until now.
A DOJ spokesperson had responded that they would inform the exact date of the deadline later in an email to a local online news portal query on why there was no hearing on 22 August as previously announced.
When the DOJ suit first made headlines last month, former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was among the loudest voices of dissent, calling for a people’s rally, a referendum and an independent tribunal to probe the debacle and push for the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
“I think it’s time for the nation to demand the removal of the prime minister and investigations by an independent tribunal to be set up with the consent of the King,” he told a press conference at Perdana Leadership Foundation on July 21.
Together with Opposition politicians and a certain UK-based online news portal now banned in Malaysia, Mahathir wanted to get the message across that he was pushing for Najib to resign because he was concerned for the future of the country and the people.
Is that all there is to his relentless campaign, going to great lengths to drag Malaysia’s name through the dirt in the international arena, for the sake of the people?
A recent posting by anotherbrickinwall.blogspot.my, suggested that one of the reasons could be paternal concern, because Mahathir had been trying hard to ensure his political legacy survived through his son, former Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir.
Although possibilities are there but, said the blog the marketing issue was that the product itself was problematic.
“Mukhriz is a weak leader and failed miserably as MB of Kedah,” said the blog.
However, the blog said that besides the nagging concern over his son’s failing political career, Mahathir had bigger grudges to settle, and none of them have to do with being concerned for Malaysians’ welfare but more to do with his group of cronies and their control over the nation’s wealth and resources.
The blog suggested that the takeover of independent power producers (IPPs) by 1MDB is one possible reason.
“It is one of the possible legacy of Mahathir which Najib intend to dismantle,” the blog highlighted, pointing out how it all started with 1MDB wrestling power from Mahathir-era cronies control of the nation’s power assets.
