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Malaysian voters threatened to beat Najib with shoes after he did not to heed voters demand not to appoint Adnan Mansor as a minister

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When the tail seeks to wag the dog

 snaky Minister Tengku Adnan  can  be trusted to trade diatribes on which one has effectively addressed issues of urgent concern to voters: development, inflation, corruption and governance. Each one will also have to spell out what differentiates it from the other. Two battle-lines are in sight. One will pit ‘inclusive development’ — orMahathir model — against ‘growth at all costs’ for cronies

Competence matters less than loyalty. It pays to be in politics or to get on with the political masters. Or is it because these people are indispensable ? Or is it a reflection of the shortage of talent in our country today?

Malaysian voters threatened to beat Najib with shoes after he did not to heed voters demandWith Najib in charge and with no one willing to challenge him in the forthcoming UMNO elections, our country will remain divisive and moribund. All the talk about transformation remains a figment of Najib’s imagination, with due respects to his hardworking  snaky Minister Tengku Adnan

The modus operandi in UMNO is money politics. This was a legacy of the Mahathir years and has become deeply entrenched, feeding into the concerns over corruption and governance. For many of the delegates, they join the party for the perks and invest in positions for potential financial gains.

Elections are an integral part of the financial rewards in the system as they involve the distribution of incentives. The logic is simple – the more the competition within the party, the more the incentives. Given the modus operandi in UMNO, there are vested interests in fueling contests.

The higher the level of competition, the greater the promise of rewards. This election involves more people, so competition is costly, involving mass outlays of funds to more people than ever before. Part of the call for the return to the old 2,000-delegate system is driven by this economic ‘money politics’ reality.

There is a tension here between those who would like to minimise costs, with those who would like to receive dividends. The numbers are on the receiving ends, thus the systemic pressure for greater competition.

Najib

Tengku Adnan Mansor has a bunch of issues confronting him; the mass rally by Pakatan Rakyat at Padang Merbok is not one of them.

The endemic corruption in City Hall is one. The unbridled growth of hawkers all around the city is another. So is urban poverty and rubbish-strewn streets.

Then there is the millstone which has been hanging around his neck since the esteemed Royal Commission of Inquiry found him, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, V. K. Lingam and others guilty of fixing appointments to the judiciary.

But no, he had to wade in today by saying that arrogance was at the heart of the Black 505 gathering today.

Here is some news for Tengku Adnan: hundreds of thousands of Malaysians have attended Black 505 rallies since the general election. In Kelana Jaya alone, more than 120,000 people crammed into the stadium.

Why? Because many Malaysians believe that there were elements of electoral fraud in GE13. That is also why thousands braved the haze to turn out today.

Pakatan Rakyat’s or Anwar Ibrahim’s rallying cry would not have much traction if the public were not like-minded on this important issue of electoral fraud.

Barisan Nasional and the likes of Tengku Adnan will be greatly mistaken if they believe that condescending views will win over the 51 per cent of Malaysians who voted for Pakatan Rakyat.

“Bad heart and ailing heart we can help, but it is difficult to find a remedy for the arrogant heart, ” said Tengku Adnan today.

How about an immediate remedy for electoral shortcomings? –

 

Dr Ng YYFormer Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen is expected to take up her position as the Chairman of the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) despite her party, Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) ‘s avowed stand not to take government posts due to their poor election performance.

The Sun Daily reported today that the MCA politician appointed herself to the position just after the dissolution of Parliament and while she was still the tourism minister.

Her appointment is likely to become a bone of contention and the source of ridicule. Already, Opposition politicians have been actively tweeting about Ng’s new position.

Ng did not defend her seat in Raub which as expected, fell to the DAP. Her tenure as the tourism minister was pockmarked with controversies over payment of RM1.6 million to set up a few Facebook pages.

Also enjoying a new lease of life after the elections is Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis, much criticised head of Barisan Nasional war room.

He and members of his strategy team have been blamed for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s unsuccessful attempt to regain two-thirds control of Parliament, with critics saying their predictions had little connection to the pulse of the voters.

Jamaluddin is now a special advisor to the PM with ministerial status. He is also the chairman of PR1MA, the company set up to build affordable houses for those in the middle-income category.

Nor Mohd YackopFormer Minister of Economic Planning Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop is now the deputy chairman of Khazanah Nasional while former Information Minister Rais Yatim is in the running for a top overseas posting.

Several other former Barisan leaders are also expected to take up positions in various government agencies, in what is seen as a reward for their contribution to Malaysia.

These leaders never fade away, but continue to be part of the public sector with heftier pay checks and not much of the responsibilities of their former posts. Politics pays, for a long while.DAP challenges Tengku Adnan’s credibility DAP secretary-general and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has questioned the appointment of Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s cabinet, since Tengku Adnan has been involved in the “Lingam-gate” affair. Umno secretary-general  Datuk Seri Tengku  Adnan Mansor stressed that the top two posts in Umno …Read more



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