PPBM can protect Malays just as well as Umno did

However, he says PPBM will not conduct itself like Umno, which was once respected and held in high regard but later on forgot the struggle for the community and religion.

Mahathir urges more people to register as PPBM members to help enlarge the party and enable it to better champion the plight of the people. (Facebook pic)

BAGAN SERAI: The people, particularly the Malays, can place their trust in PPBM to take care of and protect them, said PPBM chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Mahathir, who is the prime minister, said the time had come for the Malays to change their perception that only Umno could protect them.

“The Malays feel unsafe in our country because they think that only Umno can protect them, but PPBM will also become their protector, just like Umno was.

“We will not conduct ourselves like Umno, which was once respected and held in high regard but later on forgot the struggle for the community and religion.”

Mahathir addressed about 20,000 people at the PPBM Aidilfitri “open house” at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort near here.

Also present at the event were PPBM president and Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, PPBM deputy president and Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir and Perak PPBM chairman and Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

Mahathir also urged the people attending the open house to register as PPBM members to help enlarge the party to enable it to better champion the plight of the people.

“I am confident that the large number of people present here today augurs well for PPBM.

“Insya-Allah (God willing), we will have a better future, and grow bigger and stronger. It is not our intention to compete with the other parties but to be just as strong,” he said.

Mahathir said he was delighted with what he described as an encouraging gathering of people from the various communities at the event.

“Although our country is multiracial and multi-religious, we live together in peace, comfort and safety, whatever the event or celebration may be.

“In some other countries, where there are different religions, the people resort to civil wars, killings and religious persecution,” he said. -FMT