Dr M to Najib: You're to blame for Malaysia lagging behind neighbours

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KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak, not Pakatan Harapan, is the one particular responsible for Malaysia lagging behind other neighbouring countries, says Realisieren Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The former best minister said this particular in a Twitter thread where he blamed Najib’s “silly agreements” plus “overpriced projects”.

In the thread, Doctor Mahathir claimed Najib’s “corruption of the government” and his initiation associated with “overpriced” major tasks which favoured certain parties but introduced no benefit to the people were the cause of the problem.

“Who is he asking to focus on the economy? This cannot be Pakatan Tumpuan as he (Najib) engineered the backdoor change of government, not once but two times, ” he said.

The Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) chairman urged Najib to inquire Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob why Malaysia was still lagging behind its nearby neighbours, now that Umno is at power.

It had been reported on This summer 12 that Najib, the former prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich), had said the nation was lagging behind its neighbours plus blamed it in the Pakatan Harapan government’s decision to contact off many projects.

The Pekan MP was quoted as saying the 2018 general election (which brought Pakatan into power) acquired set the country behind, and he was worried that those in Pakatan, now in Opposition, wanted to reclaim power.

A high speed rail (HSR) link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, suggested by Najib’s government, came under scrutiny by his successors.

Dr Mahathir then defended his choice to postpone the high-speed rail (HSR) project.

Doctor Mahathir said heading ahead with it would only have drained the particular Treasury.

This individual added that the cash was needed to repay Najib’s previous borrowings.

In 2018, Dr Mahathir chose to postpone the HSR project citing the high cost.

In 2020, the Perikatan Nasional authorities, led by Color Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, scrapped the task and proposed in its place a KL-Johor HSR line.

Malaysia was then required to pay RM320mil in order to Singapore in payment for cancelling the particular project.