Saturday, July 08, 2017

What's even more remarkable than Mahathir's "remarkable political U-turn" ...

Updated July 9:

Comical. That's how Minister senior Cabinet minister Salleh Said Keruak describes Mahathir's latest antic. Salleh said if Mahathir is saying that he had jailed Anwar Ibrahim unjustly for sodomy, then the former PM should apologise to his former heir apparent for doing what he did (which included influencing the court's decision at that time). 


Original article

Puchong, 8 July 2017: We were talking about U-turns just the other day, wondering what else Dr Mahathir Mohamad, 92, would trade next just to save his own soul. 

True enough, Malaysia's Prime Minister for 22 years until 2003 (and who has said he wouldn't mind being PM again if the Opposition wins the next general elections) has found a way to bend backwards even farther. This time he's said that Anwar Ibrahim (whose name, by the way, is today synonymous with sodomy because of Mahathir) "is a victim of political vendetta". 

The Guardian has described it as "a remarkable political U-turn ahead of a general election next year" [Father of modern Malaysia backs jailed former deputy in attempt to oust PM]. 


Mahathir convinced the British newspaper in a special interview in London that a new administration (with Mahathir himself as the temporary PM, which he didn't say) would "seek a royal pardon to allow (Anwar) to re-enter politics".

" In the case of Anwar we can make a case that he was unfairly treated. The decision of the court was obviously influenced by the government and I think the incoming government would be able to persuade the King to give a full pardon for Anwar,” Mahathir said. “In which case he would be able to participate in politics and become PM. I can have no objection to that.” 

PM Najib Razak has responded to Mahathir's remarkable U-turn. A clear sign that the Old Man's panicky, he said.


"... this U-turn is not about the coming general election ... Mahathir knows that the RCI findings could lead to criminal prosecution, so he cannot afford to have individuals highly relevant to the case such as Anwar testifying against him," Najib said.


Najib added that it was "ironic that Mahathir now needs Anwar, the man he sacked and jailed". 
He added that Dr Mahathir's endorsement of Anwar comes after 20 years of Mahathir "vilifying him and using every possible means at his disposal to eliminate Anwar from the political process, including arresting him under the now-repealed Internal Security Act, prosecuting and jailing him and a sustained campaign to attack his moral character".



p.s. The U-turn on Anwar is remarkable, indeed, but we saw it coming even if the editors at The Guardian didn't. What I find more remarkable than the Anwar U-turn is his U-turn on Lim Kit Siang. I know many, many people who  still cannot get over it. We spent countless hours those days listening to the Old Man talking trash about the DAP leader. For Mahathir to unabashedly swallow his own words and sidle up to Kit Siang, it finally dawned upon us that here was someone who would do anything and sell anyone by whatever means to meet an end.

At the rate he"s going, I'm betting that before the general election Mahathir will say sorry to the nation for what he did to the Judiciary and seek the forgiveness of the likes of sacked Tun Salleh Abas, the Chief of Justice who was sacked and humiliated, and Datuk Syed Idid, the High Court judge who was threatened with imprisonment. 

He would tell us that these fine Yang Ariffs were victims of some conspiracy that, of course, did not include him ....


5 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:09 am

    Biar lah saya zalim pada satu orang daripada saya zalim pada seluruh rakyat malaysia.
    Saya tidak rela negara ini mempuanyi seorang PM yang mengamalkan hubungan sejenis.
    Lebih kurang macam itu lah bunyi cakap Madey semasa dia memecat, menangkap, menzalimi dan mencampakan
    Anwar ke dalam penjara.
    MUDAH NYA MADEY LUPA.SAMA ADA ORANG TUA INI SUDAH NYANYUK TAHAP GABAN ATAU PUN SEMEMANG NYA DIA NI BAPA SEGALA PEMBELIT, PEMBOHONG, PENIPU DAN PENYAMUN

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  2. Salam Dato Rocky.

    "This time he's said that Anwar Ibrahim (whose name, by the way, is today synonymous with sodomy because of Mahathir) "is a victim of political vendetta"."

    I'm sure... what Dr.M meant was Sodomy-II, where RM9.5 million went into Shafie's personnal bank account, although Nancy Sukri said he was only paid RM1000.

    I use to be against, that sodomite being PM too. But now, after 1MDB-Jho Low's shit hits the fan... I kind of, made a U-turn too... if that's what it take to rid kleptocracy. At least Anwar sodomized/fucked just a few young men and a China-doll. And they themselves, voluntarily bend-over before him. But a kleptocrat, behind our back, literally sodomize the whole Nation of 1Malaysia... even the unborn.

    Kleptocracy also brought about disgrace to Agama, Bangsa & Negara... Dato. Sudah la Islam dikaitkan dengan keganasan, sekarang dikaitkan pula dengan menyamun WANG Rakyat. Saya malu dikaitkan dengan Islam, Dato.

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  3. Anonymous5:29 pm

    Mahathir banyak sangat u-turn boleh kita nak percaya? Letak mahathir tepi baik aku ambil/undi bn/umno yg rasa aku lebih baik/banyak berjasa/boleh dipercayai kan kan kan

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  4. Anonymous8:14 am

    Everybody does a u-turn in life when there's a need for it, when the road ahead is 'blocked' or there is no other way ahead. It is the sin of a mission. Positive thinking and rightffull thinking, and not swayed by monetary gains, like some of us.

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  5. Anonymous10:24 am

    Tak caya Mahathir!! He cannot even tell the truth of his ancestry...is he Yemeni, Malay or Indian mamak? But I know he is not to be trusted. Hidup Najib who is at least Melayu Tulen.

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