PAKATAN Harapan will adhere to the rule of law where no one is higher than the federal constitution, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad told The Star.

“We want to accept the rule of law. For us, we abide by it even though there are derails and others.

“Pakatan is holding fast to the rule of law, unlike the previous Barisan Nasional government which never even bothered about the rule of law.

“If they (BN) want to arrest somebody, they arrest,” he was quoted as saying.

He said the nation was facing a problem as there were some in the government who were reluctant to apply the law consistently for all Malaysians.

“It is important that all Malaysians understand that Malaysia is a parliamentary democracy, under which constitution is the highest authority and no one can claim to be above it.

“Although we are a parliamentary democracy, some of the people who run the government are quite feudal. They cannot say no.

“Even though something is wrong… against the law, they would still do it so they don’t go against the higher authorities.”

Dr Mahathir also talked about leaders who used religion for political mileage, saying that they were abusing their religion to bolster popularity.

“I am not a moderate Muslim. A Muslim must be moderate. If you follow the teachings of the Quran.

“Everything advised is good but we do not follow what the religion says to do but you still say this is from religion and abuse the religion.” – April 22, 2019.