KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysia navigates an increasingly divided and uncertain political and economic landscape, the nation might once again need to look to the methods and policies of its second prime minister, Abdul Razak Hussein, says his son Nazir Razak.
He said his father had relied on the use of structured national consultation to overhaul Malaysia’s political and economic systems in the post-1969 era after the trauma of May 13. A similar approach may now be necessary to prepare for the future, Nazir told FMT in an interview.
Nazir recounted his father’s achievements, most notably the restoration of parliamentary democracy, the creation of the New Economic Policy and the Rukun Negara, and the establishment of Petronas. “The system was overhauled,” he said, with his father relying on an extensive consultation process that resulted in the NEP.