Dr M suggests closer look at ‘freedom’ in Third World nations

Posted on September 1, 2012, Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR: The word FREEDOM in the background of the spectacular 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony on Aug 12, prompted former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to suggest a closer look at the lack of freedom many independent countries of the world experienced due to Western hegemony.

He said that although there was no indication as to whom it was directed and what the purpose was, he felt sure that the millions of audience immediate thoughts were the need for freedom in many third world countries.

The former prime minister said some of these countries had lost men and suffered much before winning what they believed was the freedom that came with their independence.

But are they free? It was Soekarno of Indonesia (the first President of Indonesia), who quickly realised that the decolonised independent nations were not really free, he said in his latest post titled Freedom on his blog, http://www.chedet.cc.

He said they (decolonised independent nations) had to do what the ex-masters told them or face either economic or political pressures, or pressure from the international media controlled by them (ex-masters) which Soekarno described as a new form of colonialism called Neo Colonialism.

He went on to scrutinise the present state of the countries of the world in particular those which became independent after the last Great War.

We cannot help but conclude that the so-called independent countries are still having to obey the orders of the former colonial powers headed by the super superpower which won the Cold War, he said.

He said it was not a bad thing for the independent countries to be told that the only system they could have was the democratic system.

Regime changes to install candidates friendly to the West changes to laws of the countries to serve the interests of the West were another matter, he added.

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Dr M suggests closer look at ‘freedom’ in Third World nations