This seems to be a compromise to the transition plan – or is it the end of the transition plan? – under which Abdullah was supposed to hand over power to Najib in June 2010. But there was uncertainty over whether Abdullah would even get the 58 nominations he needs from the 191 party divisions to defend his presidency in December.
By putting off the general assembly, he gets to test the waters to see if he can secure those nominations; and if he can’t, he gets to stay on a little longer probably until March and hand over to Najib then. Najib too won’t be seen as power-hungry if he bides his time a little longer.
So will we see a Razaleigh vs Najib contest for the presidency? And where does Muhyiddin fit in? How will Najib, as finance minister, handle the economic slowdown in the coming months? Still a few critical questions hanging in the air. Meanwhile, Anwar is out there…
1229: Abdullah will decide his next move – whether to defend the presidency – by 9 October. He insists that he is not under any pressure to decide. But the pressure seems obvious.
1221: The Umno general assembly has been postponed from this December to March 2009 but the divisional elections will go on as scheduled from 9 October. So will Abdullah stand for the presidency or stand aside for Najib?
1147: Most observers expect that this meeting will have profound implications on the leadership transition within Umno. Can Abdullah survive until mid-June or even this December? That hinges on the big question, will the party elections be postponed to June? The meeting is expected to end in time for Friday prayers.
1100: Umno Supreme Council emergency meeting gets underway.
1020: Abdullah Badawi arrives at the Putra World Trade Centre and holds a private meeting with Najib.
In umno , maybe only razaleigh stands out.
but he still have to explain the bank bumi scandal.
But my wish is to let umno dies a natural death.bn will be the opposition by the next election.As they got too corrupted and too arrogant.Spun beyond control as well.
Mr.Singh, can you get direct to the point next time.
Its no fun reading your long things in bold lettering.
The monitor is not going to be easy on our eyes.
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It simply goes to show how amazingly high our expectations have risen on the Mahathir Index when many are ‘grateful’ that Mr Nice And Clean ‘gave space for dissent’ among his other record-breaking contributions to wiping anew Malaysia’s slate, not forgetting its coffers, crime, corruption, cops and capacity for more of the same. The icing on the cake is of course the box office hits of Mongolian Goodbye and Saifool Strikes Back.
I guess this PM was only a Pontius Pilate … when he said the IGP and AG were trustworthy, the ISA was conferred on a journalist, an MP and whistle-blowers, his Buddy had powwows with sodomy practitioners… invisible immigration records for Mongolians, … Monsoon Cup, billions became a matter of zeroes, … flip-flop debuted as a national past-time, and UMNO re-invented itself as a Salvation Army for the really destitute and racially blind Malaysians.
Though he’s leaving us, let’s not forget to remember Pak Lah for our sleep-induced amnesia.
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We are ‘grateful’ that Mr Nice And Clean ‘gave space for dissent’ but we must remember that this was due to his inaction rather than any positive action to open up democratic space for dissent.
In any case, I think his moniker of Mr Nice and Clean is misplaced. With the continued confinement of the Hindraf 5, the new ISA arrests and his taking sides with Saifool over (what is perceived to be an) imaginary Sodomy II, his rightful moniker should be Mr Mean.
So Mr. Dalbinder Singh Gill, your object of adulation is on his way out so had better focus your efforts on a more likely prospect if you want to join Umno’s inner circle.
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hELLO SINGH..When price of petrol went up..the coffee shop owners raised all their prices up to 30 or even 50 sen in some places..
now price as come down..nothing has come down.. I don’t wear underwears these days to save on the money..I use a piece of old recyled cloth..and throw it away..
An ineffective governmnt does not mean a PM giving a place of dissent and then hammering that dissent away with ISA ..with innocent people being thrown into jail while the perpetratos like that Ahmad Ismail is laughing away…
I don’t see how come you cannot see the contradictions.
We the citizens want peace. fair play and essential commodoties that we can purchase to satisfy our needs and the family’s needs.
Are we getting that today with the flip flop policies???
for crying out aloud man do some homework..and stop walking around with a horse’s blind…
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The transition plan effectively puts AAB in his political grave.
He has betrayed the trust of the rakyat. he is not strong on people’s issues like prices, ISA, corruption and police brutality.
He stoodby without voicing these issues. He should have been the first citizen to condemn acts like the ones recently. On the contrary he “tai chi-ed” them and allowed some minsiters to take a larger role in these issues. When the negative happened he never ventured to correct it effectively. Those caught for corruption were mostly small fries..and the big ones in immmigration caught recently only tells the story of selective prosecution.
And don’t forget this…he is supposed to be a model Muslim for all..but negative things happening in this fasting month and during his period begs this question now..
… and the recent temple demolition in Selangor looks like a well planned tit for tat operation done against the will of the MB. to put him in a bad light…
With the power transition…it will not make a difference but as I see it the political situation for the people may become worse and heavily UMNO centered.
Najib’s character is in question. His wife’s innocence is in question. The person who says has the evidence is incarcerated in Jail..so he cannot come out to provide the evidence.
Unless he is freed and brought to trial for questioning this (question) mark on Najib will remain in the eyes of the Malaysian public and the world..Is Najib prepared to risk this??? I have assumed that the incarceration of Raja Petra is to silence him… As for the academic and frivolous reason for putting him in ISA, this only makes the public more curious. The fact he is put in for rehabilitation is the most ridiculous reason because the man was not attacking Islam but rather attacking the way it was being practised by UMNO. …
So, having Najib as the next PM is a big question mark. Also important is who is going to be his deputy? If he picks Mat Taib … not good for the nation and not good as examples for the younger leaders..
Malaysia will still be in a doldrum……
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