SEPANG: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be meeting with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin soon to discuss matters regarding the Malay Proclamation.
"I would like to meet him to explain the purpose of the Malay Proclamation.
"The proclamation is not in support of any particular body but the support of the Malays as a whole," the former premier said at a press conference after returning from his 13-day trip abroad to Europe and Turkiye on Wednesday (June 28).
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He was responding to a news report quoting Muhyiddin said he hoped to meet Dr Mahathir before Hari Raya Haji to discuss the Malay Proclamation.
Muhyiddin, who is also a former prime minister, had said that Bersatu shared similar goals with the Malay Proclamation in uniting the Malay community in the country.
Dr Mahathir penned 12-point Malay Proclamation and has been instrumental in promoting it.
Several top leaders had signed the Malay Proclamation, namely PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang and Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Bersatu information chief Datuk Razali Idris their personal capacities.
On June 2, Dr Mahathir was reported to have been questioned by Bukit Aman for activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy over the Malay Proclamation campaign.
The investigations were for allegedly insulting the royal institution.
Dr Mahathir had previously clarified that the Malay Proclamation was not anti-Malay.
Meanwhile, Dr Mahathir questioned Malaysian United Democratic Alliance's (Muda) decision to go it alone as a “third force” in the state elections.
"If you go solo and stand in the election in a few seats, what can you do with a few seats," he said.
He said that parties that contest in the polls would field sufficient candidates who can win and for the government.
Its president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said that Muda’s campaign would be mostly held online, with some ground campaigning.
The youth-based party had applied to join Pakatan in September last year but did not receive any response.
