Mahathir mudah lupa: Is he really so?
Who would forget Mahathir’s famous poem Melayu mudah lupa (Literally translated: Malay forgets easily)? This poem will be remembered for generations to come, partly due to the fact that Malay does forget easily, but the more cynical reason is that the poem has for sometimes been used against Mahathir himself by a lot of his critics thanks to Mahathir’s own wrong doings.
The most recent mocking of Mahathir’s famous “Melayu mudah lupa” phrase was when the ex-premier testified in the Lingam video inquiry as reported by Malaysiakini:
When quizzed by the commission on matters pertaining to judicial appointments, Mahathir answered several times yesterday that he could not remember or was unaware of certain specifics.
Source : Malaysiakini
The next day, a group of several people held a short gathering in front of the Jalan Duta Court Complex to mock Mahathir’s testimony. But does Mahathir really forget easily?
His latest posting about Tun Salleh saga seems to suggest that this old man still has quite a good memory after all. Mahathir had written a long post describing what really happened that had led to the sacking of Salleh Abas… never mind the fact that the story is yet to be proven true.
If Mahathir has such a capacity to memorise such a detailed story about the Salleh Abas case, would you believe that he actually forgot some ’selective’ pertinent details during the judiciary crisis surrounding the Lingam tape?
Anyway, Mahathir should keep up his blogging for I think he is under less pressure to remember all the details while writing his blog post compared to when answering any questions under oath. Or is he really good in practising selective memory?
Photo credit : Malaysiakini
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