He said he named Najib when explaining his resignation as the seventh prime minister in the Dewan Rakyat because he (Najib) was the previous premier.

“If he is not a former prime minister, I do not have a problem. That is why I have the right to mention his name,” he said when Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman (PN-Sik) stood up and asked him not to mention specific names in Parliament with the intention of criticising the person.

Earlier, Mahathir said he was disappointed because his previous party, PPBM, which was formed to bring down the Barisan Nasional government, led by Najib, had believed that DAP would destroy the Malays.

“This has no basis. It is only to create fear among Malays to reject PH,” he said.

But such sentiment worked, he said, and PPBM members decided to exit PH. “Because of that, I resigned as the prime minister.”

He said Najib had used DAP as the “bogeyman” to weaken the PH coalition.

The Langkawi MP also touched on racial polarisation in the country, saying the only way to reduce racial tension was to understand the reasons behind it.

“Avoiding this topic will not reduce the problem, but it will get worse,” he said.

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