Umno AGM put off to March; Abdullah to decide by 9 Oct
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.
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some UMNO members want a quick transition to Najib and Muhyiddin… but frankly I don’t see how either Najib or Muhyiddin is better than AAB. Have they said or done or came up with anything in particular that showed that they are smart or good (in say economics, policy ideas, etc.) to deserves the respect to lead the country? The way i see it, all three are just trying to imitate mahathir’s style of politiking but don’t have the genius of mahathir to execute them.
Maybe i missed something… hmmm…
whatever happens…we the people of Malaysia will still be screwed around unless a change of goverment to PR……
Looks like the prime ministership can be used to be handed down by individuals / cliques. Is this what democracy is about?
Mahathir created the slogan of Malaysia Incorporated.
However, if the position of Prime Minister, the most powerful post in the country, is filled up by the negotiation of 2 persons in a political party, not letting the party members to choose, let alone all Malaysians to have a direct say, seems to suggest that a mechanism ala “Sendirian Berhad” is functioning and functioning well.
I suppose Badawi was chosen by Mahathir not via popular vote among all members of UMNO and the trend seems to be consistently applied.
I feel sad with what is going on. To me , Pak Lah has always had the people at his heart, for Pak Lah it was the people first, my dear friends , we did not have to force our way through for freedom of expression but Pak Lah’s softness on us allowed Malaysians to voice out and speak up. Now we know why a leader falls , thus from now on it would be a turning point and learning point for every leader wether Anwar or whoever that allowing the people to speak wil be your downfall, yes we malaysians have shown that , even in thailand same. Anil, imagine yourself being shot when you did a very minimal level of wrongdoings, imagine that , why i am saying so is that we are humans thus we r not 100% good, i assume even you have done bad anil, recall and see. to every action there is a reaction, its simple, Pak Lah did not know how to handle those unreleastic reactions at times thus he fell. Anil, calculate and see, we say now only the government reduce petrol prices, why before when they increase like last year all they did nothing to reduce it , calculate and see , could the government do so ha ? To me Pak Lah is a good man, if Mahathir could survive through by forming Mahathir SDN BHD at that time (UMNO BARU), why not Pak Lah when Pak Lah loves UMNO more than himself thats why he rarely had gripped over the people in his party and his party. World economies are tumbling thus we are minute in the world economy, we simply bring down prices, won’t our economy die, ask yourself? Yes we want fair and clean governance but even Pakatan demolished an Indian Temple yesterday. We can help the people but the people cannot ask everything for free, i bet you the people wont be happy even if petrol was free thus our government has to take populist measures at time. Anil, why don’t you promote better understanding of the current situation and explain rather than being the cause of the problem like I am the problem and be the solution to it , For what merpewira-wirakan yourself when you can contribute a lot better. You are bias in your postings, You talk about free and fair media saying our press is screwed up why don’t you promote balance news info on your portal but no your r in fact one sided . I have met you at two teh tarik forums, you know me yet you may not remember but i know you. Thanks to people like you everything is screwed up, don’t tell me Pakatan is good ok. Corruption is a continuous fight thus bringing down a government wont solve it . When Tunku started Malaysia , it was clean, slowly slowly it became bad, that time your predessors did nothing much anil but now you are an empty vessel making noise, you are like a cult with your members promoting wrong teachings. Even Pakatan is as fresh as Tunku , thus they will be corrupted in time to come in fact already with a few cases reported, we gave confidence vote to pak lah 2004, now we give pakatan endorsement, over time we screwed the BN up, not me but you ANIL and your other bloggers and friends, but we dont screw Pakatan up, thus they r enjoying down , TIME TO CHANGE..
REGARDS,
DALBINDER SINGH GILL
I wonder if the decision to postpone the AGM to March is well received and endorsed by all Supreme Council members. As Mahathir said are they really supreme? Abdullah is actually buying time, to see if he will get enough nomination for president post. This is the first time in UMNO histry the current president said that he will decide later (before October 9) if he needs to defend the post. It is all clear to me that he is actually on the way out. What can he do until March? He always say he has a lot of things to do, but actually did nothing. I still believe that Anwar will take over the govt with Pakatan Rakyat once the parliment start its session from 13 October. He will pick a suitable date (parlimen will be in session for one month) and prior to that he will seek advice from the King. Bye bye Abdullah and Najib.
I DARE YOU TO PUBLISH MY COMMENT AT YOUR MAIN PAGE.
YOU GUYS (MEANING YOU ANIL AND YOUR FRIENDS) EVEN PLAYED UP AHMAD ISMAILS ISSUE AND SOLVED IT IN AN UNPROFFESIONAL WAY.
YES HE MAY HAVE PLAYED UP A RACIAL ISSUE BUT HE DID IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL THUS WE SHOULD HAVE HEED RESPECT TO CONSTANT ADVICE BY OUR PRIME MINISTER THAT WE ALL MUST BE UNITED AND NOT GET SPARKED BY SUCH STATEMENTS AS UNITY IS SENSITIVE IN MALAYSIA BUT NO INSTEAD WE STARTED PLAYING WITH IT, QUESTIONING RIGHTS OF OTHERS, JUST LOOK AT THE PRIME MINISTER, HE WAS SO CALM,QUIET AND PROFESSIONAL AS TO HIM UNITY IS IMPORTANT, FOR MAHATHIR ITS ANOTHER WAY TO GET ABDULLAH OUT, WE CIRCULATED SMS’ES TO BOYCOTT PETROL STATIONS, BUT YOU DID NOT COMMENT ON ALL THAT AND SAY THOSE MESSAGES WERE FALSE, YOU DID NOT COME OUT TO DEFEND ALL MALAYSIANS, PUT ASIDE AHMAD ISMAILS REPUTATION, FOR YOU ALL , IT WAS A TOOL , EXCUSE WAS TO PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT IF NOT ACTION WONT BE TAKEN, WHAT DID YOU GET IN THE END BY GOING HEIGHTS, THE WRITER GOT ARRESTED. HAHA.
I USED A WRONG POSTING ON ANWARS BLOG TO JUST SAY ANWAR , PLEASE KEEP YOUR DIRTY TRICKS AWAY , THATS ALL, IMMEDIATELY I WAS LABELLED A RACIST BY HIS CULT FOLLOWERS AND READERS (THIS SHOWS HOW MALAYSIAN IS ANWARS READERS) - GO GOOGLE MY NAME AND YOU CAN SEE IT, ITS UNDER THE PAK SAMAD POSTING COMMENT , YET I APOLOGISED
WHY CANDLE LIGHT VIRGILS, WHEN WE HAVE OTHER WAYS, DID YOU ALL CLEAN UP THOSE STICKY CANDLE LEFTOVERS ON THE GROUND?
THIS ARE MY PERSONAL VIEWS, WITH NO EVIDENCE, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ME. BUT I SAY NO TO YOU OK .
ask your heart deeply ok , you are doing this for yourself and not for malaysians, it may sound like an accusation but a lie detector will tell a thousand words or God is the best solution, don’ think i am bringing god in or anyone else . no
say NO to anwar and his pakatan TIPU rakyat
regards, dalbinder
i wrote this to V,
…, we invited Yb X to a temple my dad is involved in the funding of the temple rebuilding in bukit dumbar, he did not turn up, all waiting there, our reputation affected. He could have sms but no , secretary also tak guna, And they want WIFI in Penang, haha. I am not criticising anybodies religion or judging a YB just on once incident. another useless Yb is YB Y, i wanna contest against them in PRU13, i dont want the people to suffer in their … hands, can u imagine , we met YB X personally but he still never come, what a real pain in the neck he is . I mind my language as i know young people are reading.
Mr Singh , too much toddy today eh ?
Mr Singh,evidently ur messages above are a vent because some YB didnt turn up at ur event..what has wifi got to do with attending a function..i leave to ur weird thought process..to me its no relevance..one is an investment in infrastructure and another is a selfish want of a show face that says :see?i know this guy..
good he didnt…ur words show that u actually did support this Yb(which is why u called him in the first place)You say that his opinion is biased..so is urs…and that is what his blog represents: a meeting place where people of contradicting opinions may meet and differ.its no fault if his that a majority of the learned and opinionated community prefers anwar..as u have seemed to suggest above
u urself have clearly stated that it wasnt badawi’s intention to free up media..it was his lackadaisical attitude to things that has caused people to say…wait a minute..this isnt right..i wanna say something about it..if something as important as this is treated this way..we all dread to think what he might be thinking of fiscal policy and issues of such…as issues like the private plan will prove..
u seem so proud to say i support the government and u will even leave ur name …if ur opinion was different from the government i doubt u would have the same bravery..hence everyone’s candlelight vigil..they ae championing our right to say something about what is happening…
ahmad ismail’s comments was made in the capacity of an umno member during a by-election..if umno is not responsible for his stance who is?the hearing public ka?if no one says anything..these taunts would worsen..mr singh..hopefully u havent mistaken urself to be excluded from the pendatang generalisation cos i does include u as well..a majority of us..actually want bumiputras to have better avenues to better themselves and achieve their deserving economic role..we just want it done better..with no seepage and more effective ways..of helping the masses..
what is shamefull is that u accuse anil of not doing anything about explaining the other side of the coin..why dont u do it mr singh?dont la keep going to teh tarik meetings brother…comments dont translate to anything…opinions are like ***holes,everyone has got one..
PS:actually i have an idea..condemn the dap-pkr-pas government’s tourism initiatives and things tourism related…leave ur ic number and adress too…(someone might) give u some share of the preposterous millions that s/he is charging u and me to host e-tourism activities.
Dear Dalbinder Singh,
If you still think that AAB “always has people at his heart”, please read Puan Norlaila (Mat Shah Satray/ISA detainee’s wife) account that her husband was put into solidary confinement for 4 years after she managed to hand AAB an appeal letter. Is this the kind of “people’s first” person that ABB is? There is a Chinese word for this type of quiet evil person - “TUK”.
You and I have been “deprived” for so long that you are beginning to enjoy the “sodomy”. I feel so sad for you.
Be a Randy Pausch of The last Lecture. When he knew his time was up, he went around doing good instead of wallowing in self-pity. Reform the judiciary, abolish ISA and release all ISA detainees, revamp the police force etc. Do all you can and leave a legacy that we Msians can be proud for years to come.
While the world is facing an economic crisis, UMNO leaders are playing politics. Unfortunately, they are also Malaysian ruling leaders. Are these so called leaders, think Malaysia financial institutions are immune to the crisis?
KJ seems to be losing off alongside his FIL. But I wonder if Amno is in charge of all BN MPs including its own MPs because there are hardcore anti-Mahathirists in Umno who will never support Najib simply that he is a Mahathir project. Also non-Malay MPs are not ready for Mahathir again knowing that he has burned the bridges with their communities and the nation is still paying the price of his ugly policies. With Tengku Ku li shut out, with DSAI on the sidelines, with confusion reigning, I don’t see why would this purported plan work anyway. I don’t think Ku Li needs to stay in Amno to realise his dream. He will have to bolt out and work with other forces outside the Amno edifice and do something of honour, otherwise the idea that he will make it inside is Umno is far fetched. Remember, he doesn’t have the instruments of power and can’t doll out any largesse, something (his rival) will. Dr James Chin says Chinese and Indian MPs may bolt out if Najib comes close to power and methinks that’s the ultimate truth. Watch this space.
Pak Lah has the interest of the people at heart? Mr. Singh, you have not heard my personal experience meeting this flip-flop man yet so don’t go crowing so much okay.
Be it March or December, but UMNO election is not an interesting event to follow. Pak Lah or Najib. What different does it make. The former is so confused and the later is hypocrite, that make those two deserve to be kicked out. While the economic slowdown and financial crisis at our doorstep, both of them continue to play ‘wayang kulit’ for their political expediency. Even with today UMNO supreme council meeting, so what,,…what is the news? Another political maneuver just to extent both their political survival while taking advantage of the time and space to make another move. Both of them have no interest of the people at heart.Selamat Hari Raya and let see what happen after the celebration. Release ALL ISA DETAINEES.
will Ku Li still challenge if it’s Najib?? that should tell us a few more things =]
wat will become of KJ??
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HARAKIRI is supposedly a death by honour. What can anyone say to an outcome that was patently obvious to everyone but Abdullah and those UMNO warlords who had thrown in their lot with him during his merry years?
2004 marked the beginning of his demise but not its cause. Abdullah’s unprecedented electoral victory reinforced his instincts that the Malaysian general public and kampong folk are a sub-species that begs to be trifled with to serve his ends. The cause is no less the cynical sense of elitism and greed… that marks his outlook and that of his SIL.
He had spun a magnum opus of promises of change and reform that is antithetical and completely out of sync with his entire political career and UMNO’s creed. It was never a surprise that neither he nor UMNO ever had the least interest of the nation at heart. But Abdullah was the only maverick (so far) to play this gambit to the hilt. Caught by his own game, he even pleaded that four years had been insufficient to honour the least of his promises. An overwhelming self-denial took over from the self-believing trickster after March 8. The current prolonged agony of his exit is the inescapable fruit of these traits.
What is even less surprising is that the organisation that bred the man has been rendered, over it decades in power, pathologically incapable of avoiding the same fate. Gorged on a diet of race-based politics and a sense of entitlement, these UMNO and BN dinosaurs, now devouring their own kind, will rampage over our landscape in a final paroxysm of destruction of Malaysia’s polity that will surely be inflicted on its citizens for some years yet It is an agony of fate that present-day Malaysians and our future generations do not deserve.
Mr. Singh, having the interest of the people at heart and being able to govern effectively are two different things. Are we to excuse Pak Lah for his ineptness as a PM just because he is a “good” man?
In any case, I dispute your assessment of his good heart as he appears to have a mean streak. This is the same man who can put RPK in jail just before Raya.
As for your “say NO to anwar and his pakatan TIPU rakyat” that remains to be proven. However Umno has certainly robbed and cheated the rakyat for 50+ years.
It looks like you’ve been fed on NST and Utusan Malaysia for umpteen years and just only discovered the alternative media. Keep surfing to educate yourself.
Mr Singh, buy better quality toddy lah, next time! At the least, the good quality ones would keep your mouth smelling a bit better. NO?
And Singh, please break your writings into paragraphs next time. It’s hard to read although I must admit I didn’t bother to read all of your rants.
It does look like Dalbinder Singh Gill is panning for admission into UMNO’s innermost circles. There seems to be a lot of frustration and venom in his ranting which does not speak well of his state of mind. I say this not to ridicule him but in bemusement that (he) is actually proud of the fact that he screamed in support of the ISA in this forum and now rejoices at mocking even the vigil for those suffering under the cruel yoke of oppression and injustice. I shudder at what Singh would have been like if he had lived in the Middle Ages, god forbid.
And the flip flop fends off another thrust! Or has he?
My take is that the writing is very clearly on the wall for Pak Lah. He’s on his way out; but when exactly? 9th Oct? March 2009?
In the face of such an unprecedented open assault on his tenure he has bought time to attend to “unfinished business”: not projects for the rakyat, dear me, no. He’s got to tie up some very embarrassing loose ends vis-a-vis Kalimullah, Khairy and assoc. which if left to his successors will come around to haunt his clique in real nasty measure.
Can he gauge his popularity before the 9th? Or is this interim to be better utilised in pursuit of a deal with the adversary? Now that all is lost with his party, maybe he should meet Anwar! Or the YDPA! Or better still both! What say you, PM?
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.
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.
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.
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…
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……