KOTA BARU: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not the person who should decide whether the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project should be stopped.
State Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary Datuk Alwi Che Ahmad said Dr Mahathir should not simply go round saying that Pakatan Harapan (PH) will review all mega projects in Malaysia including ECRL if the opposition gained federal power.
"In actual fact it is the people who will decide whether ECRL should be continued or not.
"If the people want it to be continued, they must vote for BN in the coming election,” he said.
Alwi also said he believed Dr Mahathir who is PH chairman was trying to disturb the good relationship between Malaysia and China nowadays.
Dr Mahathir recently declared that PH would review all mega projects in Malaysia, should it wrest control of Putrajaya in the next general election.
This included the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.
The ECRL will create a 250 km land bridge which could undercut the Melaka Straits trade route by bypassing Singapore, while the 350km HSR will cut travel time between KL and Singapore to just 90 minutes.
