Former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad tonight dismissed the label 'dictator' attached to his 22-year rule of the country saying that had he been one, governance of the nation would have been much easier.
He noted that "... everybody seems to have rights in democracy which makes governance complicated otherwise it should be very easy" when he was extrapolating at the 50th anniversary dinner of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (Maicsa) in Kuala Lumpur. He defended himself, saying, "This makes things difficult. My 22 years started with all kinds of problems because of these rights. I've been called a dictator but it is not true...If I have been a dictator, governance would be very easy. All I have to do is to issue a decree and nobody will complain."
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