In new remarks, Dr M suggests he never buried the hatchet with Anwar
“When Anwar left, he formed a liberal party. He wanted the support of DAP so he invited DAP in, invited PAS in. His philosophy is liberal.”
(MMO) – PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim did not have the support of the Malay community as they viewed him as a liberal, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad asserted.
The former prime minister told Sinar Harian that this has been the case since the time Anwar was still an Umno leader, saying the Malays feared liberalism would lead to an erosion of their rights and privileges.
“If we look back, when he left Umno while I was still the prime minister, he tried to form a party to oppose me.
“Before that, Ku Li also left the party to form Semangat 46. But that was a Malay party,” Dr Mahathir said, referring to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.
“When Anwar left, he formed a liberal party. He wanted the support of DAP so he invited DAP in, invited PAS in. His philosophy is liberal.”
Dr Mahathir did not elaborate on the incongruity of lumping both DAP and PAS as liberals.
He went on to disclose his personal views about Anwar, who had been his anointed successor while the former was still the prime minister.
