Mubarak decison on Dr M childish and unwise

Mubarak had been expected to act and overcome the Mahathir issue with maturity, in line with their status as respected leaders and former lawmakers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Abdul Aziz Yassin who heads Pemikir, an NGO, reportedly could not attend Mubarak’s Supreme Council meeting which decided to drop former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as its patron, and has announced that he will quit the latter organization of ex-lawmakers with immediate effect. “He does not agree with Mubarak’s ‘childish’ decision to drop Mahathir,” noted a political analyst in his latest blog posting.

“The decision by Mubarak on Mahathir, said Aziz Yassin, has confirmed that the NGO has degenerated into a body of sycophants tied to those in power.”

Shahbudin Husin, the analyst, added that Aziz Yassin had expected Mubarak to act and overcome the Mahathir issue with maturity, in line with their status as respected leaders and former lawmakers. “Aziz Yassin, who heads Mubarak Federal Territory, thinks that the move by the ex-lawmakers against Mahathir can be likened to ‘children who can’t accept differences’.”

“Mubarak is about attending to welfare, not getting involved in the struggle for power. It does not have to go to the extent of sacking or removing people simply because there are differences of opinion,” Shahbudin quoted Aziz Yassin as saying.

The analyst was commenting on Mubarak’s decision to strip Mahathir of his role as Patron of the NGO. “This was not only a childish decision but also unwise.”

Mubarak, in a statement noted by the analyst, said that it had to remove Mahathir as its patron on two grounds.

Firstly, he left Umno.

Secondly, he was behind the Citizens’ Declaration to oppose Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

As a result, Mahathir was dropped by Mubarak, the analyst quoted the NGO as saying. “Mubarak feels that Mahathir’s actions were against its objectives.”