PUTRAJAYA: Pakatan Harapan has achieved much in its first year, with the government being of one mind to “bring back the Malaysia we knew”, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.“We don’t go around shouting about our achievements. Nobody expected us to win. They said this coalition is fragile and that it will break up.
“But we have stayed together and worked together and we are very united and we have one single objective – to bring back the Malaysia that we knew.
“The first objective that we have achieved is to clean up the government. Today, people don’t complain so much about demands for extra payment and all that.He spoke of trying to resolve problems created by the previous government. “When we decided to abolish it, we did not understand the cost. But now we realise that to abolish the tolls means the government has to buy all the highways and that costs a lot of money, plus a loan.
“Over time, they must learn that they will get their pay. We will improve their pay and also their other allowances. After some time, the people will appreciate. The public has to appreciate that they do not have to pay extra money for corrupt offices,” he added.“You have two acres of land and you plant oil palm trees and expect to be millionaires. Ask a padi farmer.
Dr Mahathir refuted claims that Pakatan had merely repackaged the ideas of the previous Barisan Nasional government.
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