UMNO: Shooting myself in the foot?

With DSAI’s return to the Parliament almost imminent, can we get assurances that UMNO has the ability to drive total revamp?

Pak Lah & Dato’ Seri Najib have agreed to a smooth transfer of power, but with most Malaysians distrusting or are, at the very least, indifferent to Najib, the only way for UMNO to regain the trust of swing voters (assuming they have not permanently lost faith in BN) is to have a showcase of democracy. Forget about the potential split along the lines of UMNO Baru/S46. This is about ensuring UMNO (& thus, BN) remain relevant.

If UMNO members love the party as much as professed, they should realise that the greater danger lies not with a potential split between Najib and challenger but with the risk of total irrelevance & annihilation! This is further exacerbated with the ‘covert’ talks with Pas leading to greater distrust amongst the non-Malay BN sympathisers (the biggest bloc of swing voters).

All posts must rightfully be contested in a fair & open manner, even if UMNO splinters into different camps, because democratic institutions with strong foundations will always prevail.

We must not default to just one candidate as PM-anointed for UMNO. We must have plurality of candidates because that is what grassroots are demanding.

Not only is this a golden opportunity to buang yang keruh, ambil yang jernih, an open & sincere UMNO which provides a PM chosen directly by the ordinary members (thus, not prescribed as best medicine from top-down) is the only way to regain the trust of the non-Malay & Malaysian (non-ethnocentric) voters.

The cepu emas questions are ‘have you got the guts to make that call?’ & ‘where is Hang Jebat in times of need?’

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