Dr M wants ministers to quit due to their failures

With the recent revelation of the government’s incompetence and mismanagement in the Auditor-General’s Report 2012, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed wants the respective ministers to resign due to their failures.

Speaking in a press conference after visiting the MRT Cochrane underground station, he said that the government must correct the mistakes highlighted in the report, and should charge the people concerned “or they will lose their jobs, including the ministers”.

“You know in Japan, when a plane crashes at an airfield, the transport minister has to resign.

“(But) in Malaysia, (the minister will say) that’s not my business. I hope to see more resignations,” said Mahathir.

He also jokingly said that he decided to resign as the prime minister because of his failure.

“I resigned because I failed,” he quipped.
Noting that the same mistakes also happened in other countries, Mahathir opined that the Auditor-General’s Department should be strengthened so that it can constantly monitor what is happening regarding the mistakes pointed out in the report.

“We should follow-up and see whether corrections have been made or not, identifying the mistakes and hoping the people will correct their errors,” he added.