Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that it is rather extreme to label former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad as a racist.
He said Mahathir had contributed significantly to the country and was still capable of giving ideas.
"So, to label him as a racist is rather extreme. He (Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz) is my friend too but I don't know how it (labelling Mahathir) could have come about. Under the country's political situation today, many people can misinterpret," he told Malaysian journalists in Tokyo yesterday.Muhyiddin, who is currently on a special trade and investment mission to Japan, was commenting on the statement by Mohamed Nazri yesterday labelling Mahathir as a racist for defending the National Civics Bureau's curriculum module.
Mahathir had earlier felt that the government should not be trapped by the opposition's political game to the extent of revamping the curriculum module which had been adopted by the bureau in the country effectively all this while.
Better to 'talk less'
Muhyiddin said everyone, especially the leaders, should not be trapped by the opposition's strategy to the extent of quarrelling among themselves.
He said it would be better if everyone would adopt the 'talk less' approach.
"Ideally, we should not be seen as debating openly. I feel there is no need to debate or enter into polemics on government agencies such as the BTN (National Civics Bureau)," he said.
The deputy prime minister said that since capturing several states in the last general election, the opposition coalition had a strategy to discredit all government institutions including the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the Royal Malaysia Police, the Royal institution, or even the National Civics Bureau so that the people would have a negative perception of the government and the leaders.
"This is their strategy. All this while we had never debated on such matters. The BTN is for the good of the country and not meant to bring any adverse effects on the nation," he added.
- Bernama
If opposing the racist doctrine of BTN is "trapped by opposition's strategy", then let all those who oppose the racist BTN be opposition then.
ReplyDeleteHow come MCA says nothing about the abuse of BTN? Does MCA support BTN?
ReplyDeleteabuse of BTN... not support the abuse of BTN but support BTN and revamp BTN
ReplyDeletehahaha.... revamp BTN?
ReplyDeleteto what?
death camp?
to be multi-racial and PAS + Nik Aziz agreed
ReplyDeletenotice dato Ti & JT4OTK never speak about this BTN sh1t.
ReplyDeleteWKS has spoken for MCA same cnoclusion as Nik Aziz
ReplyDeletePKFZ is OK until its is abused
ReplyDeletePKFZ is OK until its is abused
ReplyDeleteCome again?
A 12.5 Billion project, sold land to private company for pennies then bought back the same land with tons of gold, after that gave that land back to the same private company and also gave them an EXCLUSIVE contract is OK?
You from Mars or what?
so no need PKFZ in the first place RIGHT?
ReplyDeletedo it wrong the first time
ReplyDeleteJT4OTK never speak about this BTN sh1t. Isn't he posting articles on that BTN shit here ?
ReplyDeleteWhen he posts on the PR crap here , we have people lambasting him to posts on MCA and OTK only and not divert to DAP or PKR .
So what you want him to do ?