KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Barisan Nasional (BN) should start lying to voters in order to win the next general election, MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran said backhandedly today.
Accusing Pakatan Harapan (PH) of using lies to win the general election, he claimed BN was voted out because of the negative perception created by the falsehoods.
“Perhaps we lost due to perception, because we never lied. We never lied to the people.
“Perhaps we need to lie to the people, then we can take over the government,” Vigneswaran said in apparent jest to a crowd of 1,000 at a town hall session, “Politik Malaysia Baharu”, held at Putra World Trade Centre here today.
Vigneswaran cited the Federal government’s U-turn on the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) delayed repayment as one of the lies made by the ruling party.
He said many youth were “very disappointed” over the matter.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had announced the Federal administration’s decision to not ratify the Rome Statute, which was cited during the town hall session as the latest show of backtracking by the ruling party.
