Good comments from a Malaysiakini reader to Gunasegaran's 22 reasons article:
Extremely well put. I'd love to be a BIT more blunt, for those who need it written more simply.
Why do Mahathir fans have the shortest memories?... Tun's level of politics are abysmal. Abysmal. Shockingly poor. The worst Prime Minister, in terms of political strength, Malaysia has ever had.
1. It was Mahathir who claimed "PH is clean", while two Senior Cabinet Ministers were plotting with UMNO for an entire year. Let that sink in...
2. It was Mahathir who lost THREE by-elections. The voters didn't believe Mahathir in any way.
3. It was Mahathir who had HIS own party leave PH. No other PH leader failed so horribly.
4. It was Mahathir who brought in a dozen UMNO frogs, who helped dismantle PH and remove Mahathir from his own party.
5. It was Mahathir who failed to pass ICERD & caused mass protests.
6. It was Mahathir who failed to win over the Malay community.
7. It was Mahathir who brought in Maszlee Malik and defended him for two years (!).
8. It was Mahathir who failed to deal with Zakir Naik.
9. It was Mahathir who failed to treat Sabah/Sarawak with respect: "your natural wealth, we cannot return it. Yes, we stole it." Look at PN's maneuvers towards GPS / disaffected Sabahans today.
10. It was Mahathir who claimed he had no need to follow the PH Manifesto.
11. It was Mahathir who failed to reform the IPCMC, MACC, the police, and enacted ZERO Whistleblower Laws. These alone would've stopped PN's reign within one week.
12. It was Mahathir who failed to push for an anti-hopping law, which would've stopped PN's rise (but Mahathir wanted this corrupt tactic for himself: a taste of his own medicine and ruin for the nation).
13. It was Mahathir who failed to admit PH had lost major grassroots support, claiming "I don't follow polls".
14. It was Mahathir who defended Azmin and Muhyiddin at every turn, his own Cabinet Ministers who took advantage of him like he was a child (because he is).
15. It was Mahathir who communicated like a sore loser after GE14 and, no kidding, Najib was far superior in motivating his grassroots supporters.
16. It was Mahathir who appointed Latheefa Koya without Parliament: notice how she's silent as a mouse now, as her "reformed" MACC was a facade. See her latest "Like" on her public Twitter: back to her old friend Azmin and zero words about the current corruption scandals. No comment on Musa? No comment on Riza Aziz? No comment: because Latheefa knows she utterly failed and has lost all credibility. Latheefa Koya was naive as Maszlee Malik, but most of you aren't ready to admit that yet. Give it a year.
17. It was Mahathir who campaigned with Anwar (it was good enough for GE14), but now sees him as a danger.
18. It was Mahathir who refused to clean up the civil service, claiming "all will be spared if we win GE14".
19. It was Mahathir who failed to seriously deal with poverty and instead reduced subsidies and claimed "he was busy". Doing what? Making speeches at the UN? At the Malay Dignity Conference?
It was Mahathir who failed. Look back at EVERY major PH failure: who could've prevented it? Who was stubborn and backwards? What is the connecting line between PN & today's impasse?
Mahathir is, without a doubt, the worst Prime Minister any ruling coalition has ever had. He only remains relevant because many so desperately want to believe the same lies Mahathir tells himself every morning: "It can't be MY fault, kan? Impossible. I'm a natural ruler."
