RP leader dismisses remark

RP leader dismisses remark

MANILA (AFP): Philippine President Joseph Estrada brushed
aside Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's charges on
Monday that he intervened in Kuala Lumpur's internal affairs when
he met opposition leader Azizah Ismail here last week.

Mahathir's remarks were "purely domestic, he is talking about
politics because Azizah now belongs to a political party",
Estrada told reporters regarding his meeting with the wife of
jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

"But I don't interfere with their political or domestic
affairs," he added.

Mahathir over the weekend said no foreign leader should
influence Malaysia's future. "Neither Estrada nor leaders of
foreign nations using local puppets have the right to decide the
nation's future," he said.