In episode 15 of his testimony of the era, the veteran politician made it clear that, upon submitting his resignation from the government, he had no choice but to choose Abdullah Badouri to succeed him, because he was the oldest deputy prime minister.
But Badawi, since assuming the position of prime minister, did not adhere to any of the advice or recommendations that Mahathir gave him, and he did not implement projects that would have saved the government a lot of money and facilitate the lives of citizens, such as a 800-kilometer railway project line worth 14 billion ringgit. The government has approved its disbursement over six years.
However, he refused to complete the project on the pretext of not having the necessary cash, and then surprised everyone by agreeing to a railway project that is approximately 200 km long and at a cost of more than 12 billion ringgit.
Mahathir also criticized Badawi for making Malaysia a police state, restricting his movement personally, and warning people against approaching him, and even pushing the police to investigate him about one of his speeches, in addition to imposing severe restrictions on the press.
Nevertheless, Mahathir continued his path and Bedouin criticism, revealed many suspicions of corruption surrounding him and his family, and demanded that he resign more than once.
As for Naguib Abdul-Razzaq (Khalifa Badawi), Mahathir did not deny that he initially supported and supported him, and he stood by his side until he was shocked by the extent of the corruption he is committing and which international media have reported.
Mahathir said he thought Naguib would behave like his father, who once headed the government, and was loved by the people and loyal to the country, but the cheese was not like his father.
With regard to the $ 763 billion that was found in the Naguib account and claimed that it was a gift from one of the wealthy Arabs, the public prosecutor commented after the matter was exposed to international newspapers that it was proven to the judiciary that the amount was a gift from the King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Mahathir refused to believe this matter, and confirmed Naguib controlled the Public Prosecution, the Judiciary, and the police.
Mahathir favored the correctness of what was revealed by American agencies that the amount was deposited into Naguib's account by a company linked to him on suspicion of corruption, and he asked: Is there another person guiding this huge amount, and how was it transferred and transferred?
It is reported that "BBC" had reported - from a source in the Saudi royal family - that King Abdullah had provided this sum to Naguib in order to resist the Muslim Brotherhood in Malaysia.