‘Hopefully Dr M will tell us who they are. I know for sure it's not me. I'm just little mouse,’ says a Malaysiakini reader.

On Master of 'divide and rule' at work again

RFBU: Recently, Dr M made comments that it is the non-bumiputeras that are the actual masters of Malaysia. He went on to say even though the Chinese make up about 26% of Malaysia they are able to influence the policymakers of this country.

When I first read his comments, I was very hurt and disappointed. It hurt because according to Dr M, it is these 26% of the population that influence the decisions and policies of this country. It is these 26% who twist and manipulate for their benefit.

Does he imply that the PM, ministers, civil servants have been and are subservient to them? Why did Dr M allow such vile tactics to happen when he was PM? What kind of CEO allows these things to happen?

Why doesn't PM Najib comment on this? As far I know, neither PM Najib or past PM Abdullah have made any comments on this. Does elegant silence mean admission of truth? Do they want the country to go to the dogs?

It is disappointing to know it is happening, and continues to happen, all this while. It is also very disappointing there was never any plan to eradicate the problem. It is also very disappointing that Dr M did not mention who these ‘masters’ are. Hopefully Dr M will tell us who they are. I know for sure it's not me. I'm just little mouse.

Dr M, for the love of Malaysia, please tell us, what are their names? where do they live? what did they do? Tell us especially... so that I can send petition through telling them to stop their evil deeds.

Ong: Some of Mahathir's recent statements indicates that he is quickly moving towards senility. For example, he advised Umno against working with PAS because he believes that PAS' willingness to work with the federal government is politically motivated.

The last time I checked, PAS was still a political party and even a person with half a working brain will surely acknowledge that acts of political parties are expected to be politically motivated, especially when those acts involve an opposing political party. Even charitable and social functions organised by political parties are expected to be politically motivated. Mahathir now expects political parties to do and say things that are not politically motivated.

KC Lee: Mahathir is not so stupid. Why does he choose this timing to utter these words? Look at the timing: I think he is actually helping Najib to divert people's attention from the biggest crisis his government is facing so far.

Remember, everytime this old fox utters something about the Chinese or the non-bumis, watch out.

We must not just look at things as individual, unconnected incidents, they are all linked, and have a common theme. The greatest task for Najib now is to topple all the states in Pakatan Rakyat's hands. First it was Perak, now it is Selangor. That's why we have the nude photos of Elizabeth Wong, the corruption charges against the CM Khalid, and then the MACC's investigations against the Chinese state assembly members.

An even clearer indication that Dr M is getting senile was when he warned Umno that when PAS agrees to work with the BN federal government PAS leaders were only out to strengthen PAS and not BN.

Can any normal person expect any political party to give priority towards strengthening it's political opponent instead of itself? Obviously Mahathir believes that the BN federal government should only agree to work with PAS when PAS agrees to give priority towards strengthening its political opponent, in this case the BN.

Sangkancil: Dr Mahathir's statement simply shows that he is outdated and old. At this age, Dr M should do some soul searching. He poke here and poke there, never leaving this nation in peace. He said that he is not racist but he has destroyed national unity. Dr M, stop your political sandiwara or else you will lose your dignity.

SW:

Although the points raised are indeed true and valid, the writer is wasting his time as Dr M is not likely to read it as he has his own blog which he posts untruths or half-truths to mislead readers.

Dr M is a 'spin doctor' as one prominent Singapore minister once described him due to his doing things in his own ways without consulting his cabinet, eg 'building a bridge to replace the Causeway linking Johor and Singapore'.

He should have held consultations with the cabinet and his Singapore counterpart instead of going it alone and hoping Singapore would agree. This is a good attribute of a wise leader. Instead, he bulldozed his way and spilled venom when Singapore disagreed with him.