Dr M and Najib not at "war", just having differing views - Rahman Dahlan
RAHMAN: "I think if the criticism is apt and has a basis, the government is always prepared to listen to it and improve on what needs to be improved. -Filepix
PUTRAJAYA: The views and criticism expressed by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad against the current administration under Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should not be seen as the two leaders being at "war", said Umno supreme council member Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan.
The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister said Dr Mahathir's criticisms were always constructive although hard-hitting and sometimes disagreed upon, but the government under the leadership of Prime
Minister Najib was open to criticism.
"I think if the criticism is apt and has a basis, the government is always prepared to listen to it and improve on what needs to be improved.
"To say there's an awful 'war' going on (between Dr Mahathir and Najib) is incorrect," Abdul Rahman said after launching the renaming of the Solid Waste and Urban Cleansing Management Corporation to SW Corp, here, today.
The minister was earlier asked to comment on the reported offer by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim to be the peacemaker between Dr Mahathir and Najib.
To show the two leaders are not at war, Abdul Rahman cited instances where Dr Mahathir and Najib were seen seated together, talking and discussing at various functions.
"I don’t think there is any big issue. Perhaps there are differences of opinion (between the two)," he said. -Bernama via Awani
The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister said Dr Mahathir's criticisms were always constructive although hard-hitting and sometimes disagreed upon, but the government under the leadership of Prime
Minister Najib was open to criticism.
"I think if the criticism is apt and has a basis, the government is always prepared to listen to it and improve on what needs to be improved.
"To say there's an awful 'war' going on (between Dr Mahathir and Najib) is incorrect," Abdul Rahman said after launching the renaming of the Solid Waste and Urban Cleansing Management Corporation to SW Corp, here, today.
The minister was earlier asked to comment on the reported offer by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim to be the peacemaker between Dr Mahathir and Najib.
To show the two leaders are not at war, Abdul Rahman cited instances where Dr Mahathir and Najib were seen seated together, talking and discussing at various functions.
"I don’t think there is any big issue. Perhaps there are differences of opinion (between the two)," he said. -Bernama via Awani
Rahman Dahlan's simple observation puts in proper perspective the relationship between Dr Mahathir and Najib. This to me is important at this time as some people are going all out to make Malaysians think that the Statesman, who was instrumental in cutting short his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's premiership in 2009, is going to repeat the feat this time on the current PM because he could not agree with some of Najib's policies.
I don't see, therefore, any need for Shahidan Kassim to offer himself as a peacemaker to "mediate between Dr Mahathir and Najib".
By the way, the New Straits Times got the Rahman Dahlan story too but theirs was buried so deep in the single-column "3 portals targeting Umno" that even Google missed.
p.s Three portals, Puad Zarkashi says? Let me guess: Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insider, and the Malay Mail Online ...?
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