Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim said UMNO has no problem accepting Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s apology during the former prime minister’s involvement in politics.
“Alhamdulillah…if Tun admits that he has made a mistake, we can accept but when he has made severe accusations against the ruling government, it is not nice because all of us are not perfect.
“Similarly, when we want to criticise we must remember whether we had made any mistake or otherwise. I hope he returns to the beginning and be with the government so that we can become stronger and achieve much more things for the benefit of the people,” he said.
When opening the first general assembly of the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PBBM) in Shah Alam yesterday, Dr Mahathir had apologized for all the mistakes that he had committed.
In another development, Shahidan said that the opposition who were beginning to get closer to the people by entering their areas to give contributions and aid recently did not affect the Barisan Nasional (BN) particularly UMNO at all.
“Let it be, that is their right to give out a ‘sepak raga’ ball. a bag of rice and some aid. If they don’t come in, how can we fight and see who is stronger in helping and looking after the welfare of the people,” he said.
