PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says both he and DAP were merely using each other in their shared pursuit of toppling Najib Razak and his administration in the 2018 general election (GE14).
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says both he and DAP were merely using each other in their shared pursuit of toppling Najib Razak and his administration in the 2018 general election .
“That’s why I wanted to use DAP. And I realised that DAP also wanted to use me because DAP also had the same goal, which was to get a two-thirds majority and take down .” After quitting Umno, Mahathir co-founded Bersatu in 2016 and joined PH with PKR, DAP and Amanah. The coalition won GE14 and Mahathir became the prime minister.
“At one time, I needed DAP to defeat Najib. Now, we have a problem and I realised there’s no other choice other than working with PAS.