Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that he would not support Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s government because Muhyiddin had betrayed the people, who had brought down Najib Razak’s kleptocratic government.
In a post uploaded to his blog today, Dr Mahathir said that he will never work with people whom he described as “traitors”.
“Many have asked me to work with Muhyiddin. I was with him in establishing Bersatu in order to bring down Najib Razak’s kleptocratic government.
“The people trusted us and gave us victory with our friends in Pakatan Harapan.
“However, Muhyiddin and some Umno people who joined Bersatu planned to bring down PH and form a new government with the kleptocrats who lost in the election.
“Without PH, Muhyiddin would not have won the election,” the former prime minister said.
He added that history will remember Muhyiddin’s actions as a betrayal of Malaysians who voted for PH in the 14th general election.
He also predicted the demise of Bersatu in the next elections.
“In the 15th General Election, Umno will fight with Bersatu which will be left dangling without the support of PH. Not only will Muhyiddin lose but all Bersatu candidates will be defeated. Thus, Bersatu will come to an end and Umno’s resurgence of its ‘Cash is King’,” Dr Mahathir wrote.
He also claimed Muhyiddin is now more focused on staying on as prime minister and is therefore using DAP as a bogey to strike fear into the Malays.
Dr Mahathir, who was once scathing of DAP, came to its defence saying it was impossible for the party with only six ministers to control the rest of the Cabinet as long as he is in charge as prime minister.
“It is not DAP that can crush the Malays. The Malays could have crushed DAP if the Home Minister, a Malay himself, just revoked DAP’s registration. The power to revoke was in Muhyiddin’s hand,” he said.
Dr Mahathir who is seeking to return to office a third time claimed that Muhyiddin has reneged on his vow to end Najib’s rule and is now working to free the Pekan MP from charges instead.
“Far from fulfilling his promise of overthrowing Najib, Muhyiddin is now working tirelessly to ensure Najib walks free from his criminal charges to stand for the upcoming general election.
“At that time, Najib does not need Muhyiddin anymore because Najib wishes to be prime minister,” Dr Mahathir said.