January 31, 2012
Wrong to admire Hang Tuah, says Mahathir
by Aidila Razak@www.malaysiakini.com (01-30-12)
Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today dipped his toe in a ongoing debate over Hang Tuah's existence by saying it is wrong to admire a Malay chronological leader.
Answering a subject from a building during a Razak Lecture Series, he pronounced Hang Tuah is "too loyal" as well as was described as carrying done things which was "not excellent during all".
"Here is a male so servile, so very obedient, so constant as well as peaceful to kill his crony knowing which (Hang Jebat) was condemned to death for something he did not do.
"To kill his associate Hang is not something excellent during all," Mahathir told an assembly of about 300 in Putrajaya.
Hang Tuah is mostly used as a pitch of slavery as well as faithfulness for Malays, as well as his story is mostly invoked in call for await for local leaders.
On a subject of a warrior's existence, Mahathir pronounced which "there contingency be a little law in a story" although not all can be believed.
He pronounced tools of a Hikayat Hang Tuah, similar to how Hang Tuah degraded everyone in a world, together with Turkey, but even remembering how he got there does not gel with reality. "Much of this is fiction," he said. In response, moderator Razali Ismail pronounced which if a British can hold in a fable of King Arthur as well as a Knights of a Round Table afterwards Malaysians should be means to hold in Hang Tuah.
The debate broke when historian Khoo Kay Khim progressing this month doubtful Hang Tuah's existence. Mahathir was speaking upon care during a second complement of talks organized by a Razak School of Government.
In hi! s lectur e, Malaysia's fourth premier pronounced which as formidable as it might be, multitude contingency be careful of a leaders they elect as it is formidable to get rid of leaders once they enter office.
"Even in a democracy, (an elected leader) might have absolute instruments to change public thinking so a majority select him, when you know a majority was burned by a incumbent," he said.
Leadership 'musical chairs'
All a same, he said, multitude should additionally know to give leaders time to sense a job before ousting them, or it will be a case of care "musical chairs". He pronounced first-term leaders mostly cannot exercise policies before it is time to be concerned about re-election, generally under a Westminister system where snap polls can be called after three years.
"There is no undiluted personality in a world, no make a difference how great he is, he will do bad things.Please forgive a bad things as well as concentration upon a great things," pronounced Mahathir, who was PM for over two decades.
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