COMMENT | Growing up, friends used to make up words. One was “nato” - no action, talk only. That word applies to the prime minister’s remark at the KL International Book Fair.

He said then that the “Madani nation… is rooted in conviction and love for knowledge… (but) just look at the political and economic discourse in our country… it is not based on knowledge or reading. It is driven by sentiment, anger, hatred, judgment... even religion is turned into a platform (for political gain).”