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Malaysakini’s report, Mahathir may return to center stage, is quite scary to say the least.
Even a foreign diplomat has his reservation…. the same report quoted:
“Mr Najib is a carbon copy of Dr Mahathir and we fear in his rise to power a possible return of iron-fisted rule and intolerance for dissent and curbs on he political opposition,” said a diplomat with a European mission, on condition of anonymity.
On the local front, only Zaid Ibrahim had the gut to speak his mind:
“Najib is smart and articulate but to change the course of Umno, he has to be brave and why …read more

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Malaysiakini reported:
Umno vice-president Muhyiddin Yassin said he has invited former party president Dr Mahathir Mohamad to rejoin Umno to help “fix the problems” afflicting the party.
Image credit and source: Malaysiakini:
First of all, Mahathir can’t re-join UMNO. UMNO was declared an illegal party by the court during Mahathir’e era and from his own doing. Mahathir can only re-join UMNO Baru, the same party he quit to express his displeasure on Pak Lah.
Secondly, Muhyiddin forgot (hmmm Melayu mudah lupa) that this mess that he asked Mahathir to fix are actually inherited by Pak Lah from Mahathir when the latter was forced to …read more

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