Pak Lah vs Mahathir
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 | 12:45 am @ SKLast Thursday, during an interview by Bloomberg, former premier Mahathir Mohamad accused Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of endangering economic growth, jeopardising growth and that confidence in his government was waning.
Pak Lah, in return, denied he is committing "political suicide" by dropping some of the pet projects of Tun Mahathir.
Now, the meeting between Pak Lah and Tun is expected to take place this coming Sunday at the Umno HQ at the Putra World Trade Center (PWTC). How did their relationship change from being negative to positive in such a short period?
PAS Vice-President Husam Musa believes the talk will benefit Tun more than Pak Lah, where he is able to forsee that Tun will dictate to Pak Lah on what to do on several issues like the bridge and the AP (approved permits) or alternatively, both of them can come to terms with one another.
However, Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin is quick to portrait the PM as an understanding figure by agreeing to meet Tun, but not the son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin, who was seen asking: Will Mahathir be satisfied?
Well, he can’t be bothered anyway, afterall, he is merely the son-in-law and the Umno deputy youth chief, who is he to justify whether Tun is satisfied with the outcome? It’s now all up to how convincing the PM a.k.a father-in-law can be.
Meanwhile, while many Umno leaders welcomed the meeting, saying it would be good for political stability in Malaysia, there are an equal number of others who are remain sceptical of the outcome.
But one thing for sure. Will it stop Mahathir from talking? No, he will still continue to do so.









