Mahathir plays a suave conman in UMNO
The best indication that Mahathir is, as he was, the King con from the number of comments that people make in "Readers' Feedback" to any or every article about him.Megatheft, that’s the trick.victories against the system
Have you seen how banks take back their loans? So, tell me, when the multimillion bucks disappear where do they go? No way they’d fit into the second pocket of a pair of jeans.
Scorned and distrusted for misdeeds and machinations against the people
Some 160 Umno division chiefs are gathering in Putrajaya to show support for party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak's leadership, a move seen as reflecting that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's latest salvo against the prime minister is not finding resonance in the party.
Have you seen how banks take back their loans? So, tell me, when the multimillion bucks disappear where do they go? No way they’d fit into the second pocket of a pair of jeans.
The doctor you go to, and whom you trust literally with your life, is probably totally ethical. However, the medicines Mahathir prescribes for you, in all good faith, could end up harming you much more than helping you.How come? Because often by a deliberate distortion of facts.demanding PM Najibf’s resignation, is particularly afflicted by this seeming conflict between his duty and the pleasures of his wife PM is aaffected by this bug Rosmah. Male spouses of powerful women, are prone to leverage their position, to their advantage in business thereby potentially wrecking the woman-politicians career.There are very few “Power Couples” like the Clintons, who have perfected the “art of living and thriving together”said mahathir
Samson, the mythical Israeli, who was born with the strength to rip apart a lion with his bare hands, loses it all, when Delilah, an unreliable female “partner”, in whom he confides that the source of his strength lay in his long hair, cuts them off, in exchange for “blood money” from his enemies, whilst he is asleep.
Possibly learning from Samson,
Tun Musa Hitam has promised to make startling revelations in his upcoming book about the illicit pressures he faced from Dr Mahathir
in his latest interview with The Malaysian Insider, said that the Tun "will not be satisfied until there is a clone of himself in the seat of power."
Come on, as it is, I do not think Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak needs the support of Mahathir in the first place. It is the latter who is in the delusion that he is still in power.
Dr Mahathir has not realised that his influence has waned over the years, not because of Opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, who prefers to forgive him for the wrongs done to him, but because of his "self-destruct" mode.
A good indication is clear that Mahathir had in fact lost his own support from the people is when he himself went to the ground to support Perkasa president, Ibrahim Ali who contested on a Barisan Nasional / UMNO seat. PAS won the seat.
Another of his supporter, Zulkifli Noordin also lost in the Shah Alam constituency despite being "endorsed" by Mahathir.
was similarly marred by bitter power feuds, rival centres within UMNOScorned and distrusted for misdeeds and machinations against the people
Mahathir, as an octogenerian, should continue to live like most other statesmen would do. If he continues to be the 'rascal' that he was during the days of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, he will end up being maligned by many Malaysians.
Tunku had once said that if Mahathir was allowed to join UMNO, he would destroy the good culture of UMNO. Is this not prophetic in a way, as many of us have also lost our respect for the organisation that Mahathir had established in 1987, shortly after the old UMNO was disbanded.
So, I hope Mahathir will keep to the status quo and allow Najib to do his job. Let the prime minister do his job. It is enough that Malaysians keep check on his excesses, but as a former prime minister, Mahathir should learn to keep quiet.
Umno leaders had also responded to Dr Mahathir's criticism although in a diplomatic manner as they were mindful of how his attacks on Abdullah led to the latter's resignation in 2009.
Umno is being circumspect with Dr Mahathir but the division leaders want to say that they are happy with Najib,
- Some 160 Umno division chiefs are gathering in Putrajaya to show support for party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak's leadership, a move seen as reflecting that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's latest salvo against the prime minister is not finding resonance in the party.
Datuk A. Kadir Jasin thorts Arrogance of Power and Some Shady Deals have lead to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad ’s eventual political demise
Disclosures are not the first — and may not be the last — account emerging from the inner circle shedding light on the equally enigmati A. Kadir Jasin ’s last scene is being repeated in reverse: some of the chalk is rubbing off, giving us a glimpse into what humanises what makes them tick.This is a tale of human frailty we can instantly understand. The rest of it — the ‘inner voice’ and renunciatory halo in which this was dressed up — is just politics. Much of politics is projection of an illusion — the chalk face of a virgin queen is hardly the first, nor the last, practitioner of politics in this sense Najib.have more control over party and government than Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had there will be many people to corroborate this aspect of contemporary UMNO culture: that people were not encouraged to speak up assuming power without responsibility — as Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did — is a feudal and authoritarian form of control was sworn in as PM after tortuous negotiations. renounced power, but tried to keep the seat warm for his son. he wanted to have the cake and eat it too.Mukhriz Mahathir too warmed to this game and emerged as a modern Hamlet, playing hide-and-seek with responsibility.
The country tired of this game and eventually pulled the rug from under UMNO’s feet. Najib able to usher in a style of governance that’s genuinely modern rather than feudal? Or will we see the remnants of UMNO consensus on which Rosmah lipstick is daubed, to cadge a phrase from fellow commentator Well, UMNO still has Anwar as a option.readmore http://
What the fuck is Hazlan Zakaria The Ant No Umno-fication process it is political realignment
Is a revolt brewing against Hadi in PAS?
Structurally, as this column has argued in the past, media tends to centralize issues for it needs a common national currency of protagonists and references to deal in. It looks to convert complexity into binaries , issues into people and perspectives into disagreements. It narrativises reality by threading together discrete events into a coherent storyline. It favours developments that can create a compelling narrative regardless of how important those might be. It hunts for symbols and metaphors, preferring those over more substantive dialogue. It frames reality by amplifying the exceptional rather than the normal, looking for words and actions that disrupt rather than confirm. And underlying all of this was a tonality of relentless aggression, with the media placing itself in a role of the prime inquisitor, and in turn begetting practised defenders from each party, skilled at the art of blanket stonewalling.
we see before us is less a case of a complex, diverse and highly layered reality gradually resolving itself into a recognizable pattern under the careful scrutiny of a discerning media and more a case of an imagined pattern gradually becoming or appearing to take the form of a compliant reality
The doctor you go to, and whom you trust literally with your life, is probably totally ethical. However, the medicines your physician prescribes for you, in all good faith, could end up harming you much more than helping you.
How come? Because almost all doctors, in India and abroad, rely on the recommendations of various medical associations and professional bodies as to what medicines are best suited to treat various conditions. And these professional associations, consisting of experts, are hugely funded by big pharmaceutical firms who use them to promote the sales of their products, often by a deliberate distortion of facts.
It is with great amusement that I watched the new development in Malaysian politics which saw opposition parties PKR and PAS borrowing from the Umno playbook in their handling of the Selangor MB crisis.
Hazlan Zakaria The Ant would label this as their Umno-fication process.
While they are not turning to share the Malay party’s ideology or even siding with the long-time lynch pin of Malay supremacy, they do seem to be speaking and thinking like Umno despite different ideological make-ups.
Perhaps it is not that much of a leap as PAS is an Umno splinter and at least a third of PKR are also ex-Umno.
The first signs of the Umno-fication of the Pakatan parties were the rumbling in PKR, the party holding the pact together.
Hazlan Zakaria The Ant says
“If you are not confident with the party and the struggle of its leaders to fight corruption, you are welcome to leave,” trumpeted Rafizi in a passionate stand up defence of unelected de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the party’s congress last week.
English daily The Star quoted him telling those who have no faith in Anwar or blamed him for the party’s troubles to pack up and leave.
Rafizi was targeting those who accused Anwar of practising nepotism, singling out those who criticised the de facto leader from within the party, reminding them that to criticise is okay but requires manners.readmore
He also told members that they should not accuse those who are elected democratically of nepotism, though he did not say anything about unelected party leaders.
Nothing was said on integrity of elections that drag on for months marred by quarrels or the undue influence a party “Godfather” can have on voting patterns, especially if the person is more than respected and even revered by mere members, each of whom is a voter.
Meanwhile, just a few days into this week, the same message is being echoed in fellow Pakatan party PAS.
“… those who do not agree that PAS should not remain with PR should leave the party and go elsewhere,” PAS central working committee member Khalid Samad was quoted by The Malaysian Insider as saying.
He was targeting PAS members of the unity government faction who believes that the Islamic party is better off working with fellow Malay-Muslims and the party of their origin Umno to truly safeguard the Malays and Islam.
But it seems also to be a general warning to PAS members to step in line with party decisions and not go off on a limb and make their own decisions.
PAS has always been known to be tight on discipline, but the number of members and elected representatives with links to influential leaders in fellow Pakatan parties like PKR has observers wondering if at times their party loyalty is questionable.
During the Selangor MB crisis two PAS assemblymen with supposed links to PKR leaders broke party lines and signed letters of support for PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to be nominated as MB.
This happened even as some PAS members were openly talking about uniting with Umno and independent MB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to form the infamous unity government.
Like in Umno, this seeming arrogance that their leaders and what the party believe is right must be automatically right. A kind of fanaticism that is scary when seen practised in politics by leaders who can greatly effect actions that may damage the nation.
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Another example of how PKR and PAS, indeed the entirety of Pakatan, is much like Umno is how they used the word “the rakyat” of the people.
The opposition pact has this habit and practice down pat.
This is similar with Umno which after 57 years cemented as the national government seems to see itself and the Malaysian government as the same entity, like some mutated Siamese twin.
But the same mutated Siamese twin image also holds true with PKR and Pakatan when they talk about the people’s “wishes”.
At times what the people want coincides with what Pakatan fights for but it is just as wrong to presume that whatever PKR and Pakatan want is the people’s voice.
Rafizi when lambasting Khalid Ibrahim in the Selangor MB crisis for example often said that Khalid should not dissolve the state legislature for it goes against the wishes of the people.
I have never heard of a referendum to collect the people’s opinion on that; what I do know it is PKR that does not want a dissolution as is the campaign against it being spearheaded by the resident law expert and PKR candidate for 2013 polls Abdul Aziz Bari.
Is PKR the people then? I don’t think so; they hold the mandate of some of the people, but it is not the people and is only acting on that singular role, just as surely that Umno is not the government and the government is not Umno.
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How to free PAS fromTaliban takeover new possibilities in PAS politics
PAS Politics may just get interesting again.How to free PAS fromTaliban takeover, a revolt brewing against Hadi really? new possibilities in PAS politics
The real pirates are the one scheming to form a unity government with the devil. It's time for the skippers to boot the captain out from the pilot deck as he has been conniving with the pirates to hijack the ark. The captain has lost his direction due to his jealousy and rage towards another captain. Disaster awaits this ark if the same captain still helms it when facing the big storm of GE14.
HADI is a snake... a 2-legged snake in human form pretending to share and sleep under the same blanket as his comrades-in-arms only waiting for an opportunity to bite and inject them with his vicious venom!!Hadi must be kicked out of PAS. He's tainted. So damn obvious. Just a VVIP visit and he's crossed over. If PAS' members can't see it and can't see that they are heading the wayward ways of UMNO, really sad as just one weak man with a top leadership position could wipe out all they have gained and established themselves as a religious party, overzealous at times but not corrupted and evil. Really sad for them.
Greek storyteller Aesop cautioned against prematurely seeing larger patterns in single occurrences, arguing, “A single swallow does not a summer make, nor does one fine day.” Similarly,How free PAS from a revolt brewing against Hadi really? new possibilities in PAS politics the possibility of new twists and plotlines emerging in the national theatre of politics.In an era of greater awareness and consumer choice, politicians can no longer take their support bases for granted. DAPand PKR is already arguing that PAS loyalists reel from the revelation that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang attempted to form a unity government with Umno in Selangor behind the party's back, the growing discontent against the Islamic party leader may eventually lead to his ouster.The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people... and one of tool is the Internet to makes the world borderless. Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren’t still there, he is no longer a political leader. It is like walking on a tight rope. If he/she misses the confidence of the mass public, the political leader will be toppled down and thrown to the rubbles.
election knock on the head and the impact in Selangor will be felt on several terrains. First, it will puncture PAS’s euphoria and may dissipate the catatonic stupor that engulfed its counter may lie in the past: in the way the old alliance gamble still has to prove it has a coherent governance narrative beyond cynical race arithmetic
PAS leaders, particularly among those who are pro-Pakatan Rakyat, were said to be incensed that Hadi had offered PKR deputy president Azmin Ali the post of Selangor menteri besar and enticed state assemblypersons aligned to him to defect to PAS - giving the party enough numbers to take over Selangor by forming an alliance with arch-rival Umno...
Hadi's a tight lid on infighting and internal power struggles before they get out of hand.Outburst Growing discontent with PAS leader may blow up at its AGM next month.
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