ECONOMIST Jomo Kwame Sundaram called for critics of the the third national car project, slated to begin in 2020, to engage in more “intelligent” debate instead of resorting to “caricaturising”.

Jomo, a former Council of Eminent Persons member, told an economics forum in Kuala Lumpur tonight that critics should look beyond losses suffered by Proton, the first national car set up in 1983 by Dr Mahathir Mohamad.