KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's outspoken former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed on Wednesday told the country in a blog post that voting in to power the opposition would be a “dangerous move because many things can be destroyed.” His comments come as analysts told Bikyamasr.com they expect the government to call for a general election in then next few weeks ahead of the April 2013 deadline. The ruling government has never lost power since Malaysia gained independence over five decades ago. The former PM said the many changes promised by the opposition, such as no fees for education and no highway tolls, “would fail like the socialists and communists who had tried the welfare state idea in the past.” The opposition has called on Mahathir to apologize for his politically charged comments. “Malaysia has no ideology. But the reality is that the government needs money in order to develop the country and to subsidise living cost for the people. “But when government foregoes taxes, tolls and fees, it will have less money. But it will have to spend more on running and maintaining utilities, expressways, schools, operational and development cost, pension and so on,” he said in his latest posting on his blog, www.chedet.cc.
