Don’t be too early to pass judgment, Fadillah tells Dr M

 

Fadillah Yusof (seated, third from left) during the thanksgiving tea ceremony with the Kampung Datu Sibu Residents’ Association today. (Bernama pic)

KUCHING: Deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof says it is too early to pass judgment on the unity government as 100 days in office is just a short period.

He said former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad should be development-oriented instead of making negative statements like calling the government a failure.

“I respect Tun Dr Mahathir as someone who has contributed immensely to the country and hope he will continue to help us.

“Now, Malaysians need us to be united, as we cannot afford more politicking.

“Playing too much politics will cause us to be left behind,” he told reporters after a thanksgiving tea ceremony with the Kampung Datu Sibu Residents’ Association here today.

Mahathir had said yesterday the unity government had failed to bring any major changes for the people and that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had not made any impact on the country.

Fadillah, who is also the plantation and commodities minister, said it was now time to revitalise the economy by encouraging more foreign investors to come to Malaysia.

“Don’t make comments which can undermine our country’s economy.

“Many investors are now coming back to Malaysia because of our unity and political stability,” he said.

Last week, international trade and industry minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said Amazon Web Services would make a RM25.5 billion investment to strengthen the information and communications technology industry as well as the small and medium-sized enterprises sector in Malaysia. - FMT