Kit Siang’s bouquet for Musa, brickbat for Dr M

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From Terence Netto

DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang’s opinion that Musa Hitam was the best prime minister Malaysia never had ought to be viewed against the backdrop of a video that made the rounds last year.

It showed Musa holding forth on an encounter he had with Kit Siang some time during the 22 months that Pakatan Harapan ruled the federal government.

Musa mused on how at that encounter Kit Siang had waxed euphoric about halcyon times for the DAP under the second premiership of Mahathir Mohamad.

Musa had been deputy prime minister (July 1981 to February 1986) during the first five years of Mahathir’s first tenure as prime minister (1981-2003). He had emerged from that experience leery of the methods and morals of Mahathir.

So when Kit Siang was lyrical about his party’s situation, the former deputy prime minister, who had a bitter falling out with Mahathir in early 1986 that led to his resignation, was unimpressed.

Sure, Kit Siang was entitled to bragging rights. DAP had six ministers in Mahathir’s Cabinet, with son Guan Eng holding the high-profile finance portfolio.

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