Toppling Najib more important than saying sorry, says Dr Mahathir

(TMI) – “SORRY” is not the hardest word to say for Dr Mahathir Mohamad. But for 92-year-old, the bigger agenda now is how to end Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration in the next elections.

“Right now, we up against a man who is destroying the country. Do you want to say, before you do that, you please say ‘I am sorry’? I think that is too small to consider ,” said Dr Mahathir during a Facebook live session with The Malaysian Insight today.

“Now, our aim is to get together and to overthrow this kleptocrat because he is destroying this country.”

The former prime minister was responding to a question from The Malaysian Insight moderator Jahabar Sadiq on the number of Malaysians who say that they don’t want to vote for Pakatan Harapan because Dr Mahathir and co-panellist Lim Kit Siang have yet to apologise for the things they did and said in the past.

“We are owing huge sums of money we cannot pay and his policy of divide-and-rule, separating the Malays from the Chinese so that he can get Malay support is destroying the unity of the people,” said Dr Mahathir.

“So do we want to say, until Dr Mahathir has said ‘sorry’, we don’t want to do anything. Or do we want to rescue this country from evil hands.”

Lim, who is DAP’s adviser, said there must be a single-mindedness with regard to bringing change.

“Because the alternative is too terrible to think of. If we fail to bring change this time in the 14th general election, then we may be stuck for a decade or two.

“And then we will be hurled on a trajectory of a failed and rogue state. Then it may be too late and terrible to recover from and we’ll end up like an African nation.

“As such, all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion and politics, need to pull together,” said Lim, who is the Gelang Patah MP.