Najib will have to use all available ways to fight Mahathir. In the coming weeks and months to the UMNO internal election, Malaysians can expect ‘movie’ after ‘movie’, ‘drama’ after ‘drama’ although most of these will tend to be either disaster flicks or outrageous comedies.
After all Mahathir has so many ways and resources at his disposal. And he is so experienced in this type of guerilla warfare. Not to mention, former sidekick Daim Zainuddin is never to far away to offer diabolical schemes and plots if the need really arises to evict the Najibs from Putrajaya.
Muhyiddin accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad of betrayal teaming with Najib, Mahathir does not understand the functionality of democracy because he’s an autocrat. know better than him. What a hypocrite! you created a situation in which the old allies walked away. An alliance does not run under compulsion we in UMNO can’t reconcile with the Najib leadership.It has taken about a quarter century for a generational challenge within oppposion to rise from simmer to surge. The they became a credible force in 1989, to fashion a stable alliance. But questions inevitably arise during the forlorn years of defeat, when fusion unravels into confusion.some exaggerated problem he has found with something trivial, the only solution is to give the sulking person some emotional balm and make indulgent soothing sounds of ingratiation. Mahathir’s sulk was nothing but an invitation to be put to be put to pasture in an appropriately respectful way- the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award or the position of a Chairman Emeritus, connoting ritual significance but emphatically denying importance.
Former Umno president Dr Mahathir Mohamad has backed calls for the posts of president and deputy president to remain uncontested during the party polls to be held later this year.Plan to kill off Muhyiddin.Mahathir should just go straight to the point that one more term for Najib is to give your son Mukhriz another 5 years to move up to be Dep,President of UMNO and Dep.Prime Minister. , Mahathir’s son Mukhriz – the newly-minted Kedah Mentri Besar – has said he will back Najib to remain as PM and Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin to stay as DPM. But remember, nothing is cast in stone and Mahathir is the master of last-minute sleights of hand!Why didnt you give that opportunity to Badawi when he performed better during the 12th GE as compared to Najib in the 13th GE.Another reason is that PM Najib obeyed your every wish, appointed Mukhriz as Mentri Besar,Kedah and also having the 2 Perkasa kataks to stand as MP but were soundly defeated.Dont try to fool urban and sub-urban Malays, they can smell your every evil move miles away. everyone becomes aware that there is no unity in UMNO.Why the fear and why no confidence of winning? It is also now clear that you dont have to be smart to be a leader in UMNO.You just dont allow people the choice to vote. What democracy!
The dark night between the sunset of a government and the dawn of a new election is a good time for rumination,Muhyiddin has suddenly discovered that finance minister Najib and Rosmah has been “squeezing the poor” and that “elements supporting laissez faire theory”
It is interesting that the tantrum is such a common part of our political landscape. One would think that an act that reeks of immaturity and emotional neediness would have little place in the very adult world of politics, but that is far being true in India. The fact that so many politicians throw tantrums underlines the fact there is a market for these, in that at some level we accept the legitimacy of the expectation that drives such behaviour. The idea that adults retain a healthy dollop of childishness within them is implicitly understood and accepted.
Najib can also seek the help of some ’bomohs‘ (spell casters) as he was previously reported to have done to secure the PM’s post. Rosmah too is watching like a hawk. After all she stands to lose all the status, the kow-towing, the glamor, the charging of expenses to the PM’s Office, as well as spending public cash if Najib is ousted.
How do you feel when someone keeps breathing down your neck, nagging, criticizing and meddling with your work right from the day you start work?
Well, if you want to know, ’tanya Najib’. Yes, ask Prime Minister Najib Razak because that must be how he is feeling all this while. And worse still, the person doing the heavy breathing is not Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaariibuu or wife Rosmah Mansor but Mahathir Mohamad!
Yes, Mahathir or Dr M the former prime minister – hard as nails and some say ruthlessness personified – who defeated all other pretenders to his throne including Musa Hitam, Tengku Razaleigh and Anwar Ibrahim. Dr M also removed Abdullah Badawi from power even though he had handpicked Badawi to succeed him. And this was how Najib came to power – given the green light from Mahathir to replace Badawi..
Yes, the old man was that powerful. Remember Tun Salleh Abas who was unceremoniously sacked as Chief Judge. Even the Malay Rulers lost their immunity against prosecution! It was then that dazzled by his own power, Mahathir began ruling the country like his own property, arbitrarily helping his sons and cronies to amass wealth beyond imagination.
By comparison Najib, and for that matter Badawi too, have not been able to match the mega structures built by Mahathir, such as the still half-full office blocks at the Petronas Twin Towers, the money-swallowing F1 Circuit, the far from perfect Putrajaya and the ever rising tolls for using our highways.
Up till now, Najib has failed to eke out any real or lasting transformation programs despite having the gall and vanity to encourage the people to call him Bapa Transformasi or the Father of Transformation!
However, in gravy train department, neither Najib nor Badawi have been slouches. While they may not be able to drive the gravy train as well Mahathir and his sons, they too have supped and feasted well on the largesse that comes with near absolute power.
So will Najib be ousted? And who will replace him? Will it be Razaleigh but does he really have enough support to win a no-confidence vote against Najib when Parliament convenes later this month? At this point in time, there is more doubt than confidence that the Kelantan prince will finally get to achieve his dream of becoming PM.
“Ku Li will need Mahathir’s support, that’s for sure. But will Mahathir forgive and forget so easily? We think it is not impossible but only if Najib makes a wrong move and gets Mahathir all uptight and worried. Two desperate men, and I mean Ku Li and Dr M, can easily defeat Najib but how desperate is Dr M to form an alliance with Ku Li,” a political source told Malaysia Chronicle.
Or will Najib’s replacement be Muhyiddin? Yes, Muhyiddin lacks charisma but a lot of those who have worked with him says he is capable of reasonable output. With Home Minister Zahid Hamidi roped in to provide the charm (Umno-style anyway), Muhyiddin cannot be written off. But a dark horse, he will remain.
So, by and large, these are the players. As the drama staged by the Najib camp unfolds and is countered and feinted by his rivals, Malaysians can look forward to a lot of laughs in the weeks ahead. Intrigue is set to bust the UMNO ceiling!
The dividing line between a show of strength and an admission of irrelevance is a thin one. Sometimes a gesture speaks much louder than any substantive action. The transparent excuse used by Najib in this case points to his unwillingness to really rock the boat as well as his inability to compel compliance to his desires. Trapped in a reality he can neither accept nor change, his gesture is one of empty petulance and signals the end of an era. When the past becomes clingy and burdensome, it becomes much easier to shrug off. This might be that moment for the UMNO. As to what its future is under NAJIB-ROSMAH, is another question altogether.Media tries and judges….and is also the arbiter of probity and righteousness….Have you noticed this other thing that has been happening in our media space recently? That whoever takes media’s side is painted in virtuosity, and against, in dark colors of immorality. I suspect media does this with an agenda. To pull in more support … Read more
