Dr Mahathir: GTA is not an anti-Chinese coalition

ALOR SETAR - Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) is not an anti-Chinese coalition.

Its chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said, although the political coalition is made up of four Malay parties, its main goal is to get rid of 'substandard' Malay parties, so that they do not continue to govern this country.

"We created a Malay party because non-Malay parties that were mixed before could not oppose Umno.

" We have explained to them why we do not have any Chinese representatives - among other things because we are worried that the Malays in the rural areas will not want to support us if there is a Chinese party," he said at a press conference after holding a dialogue session with the Chinese community here on Saturday.