The coming meeting in the Bunker

The Bunker

Next week, on September 18, the MKT UMNO will meet again. Sakmongkol hopes they will discuss Tun Mahathir’s intention to rejoin UMNO. People are watching how will the MKT handle this. As usual Pak Lah does what is typical of him; (a) shuffles his feet, says that its up to UMNO.(b) appears as consultative. i.e. consult others.

Which UMNO is Pak Lah talking about? The general assembly? The MKT? the Management committee? The Discipline Committee?

As usual Pak Lah dithers. Sakmongkol thinks he must show leadership. Real leadership, not phony and sham leadership. He must lead and not follow. As to Tun Mahathir’s re-entry, it could be solved simply by Pak lah saying yes. He wants to save UMNO right? Then he must be seen to do just that.

Sakmogkol remembers the matter of Ezam Mohd Nor joining UMNO was given very easy passage. Pak lah decided there and then and later put it to the MKT. See how the man shuffles and hesitates? He is not silly, but he shilly-shallies.

But perhaps, Pak Lah’s rottweilers will push as agenda, the urgency to discuss Muhyidin’s open declaration of wanting the change in leadership be expedited. They will ask for Muhyidin’s explanation. Sakmongkol thinks no explanation needs to be given, unless these attack dogs are so thick they couldn’t understand the message of Muhyidin. Muhyidin was sounding out as an UMNO VP and he has a right to be outspoken. People expect that of a leader who wants to change things.

Just for a slight diversion, let us say something about the transition plan. The plan is set to take effect in June 2010. That’s about 2 years time. What does that tell you? From the point of view of a non lawyer like Sakmongkol, this just means, there is no finality in that deal. Its not a done deal yet. The interim period between now and June 2010 seems to suggest there’s a possibility and room plus time to either repudiate or reaffirm the deal. Until then, it is not a done deal. What you have, at the moment, is just an MOA which Sakmongkol thinks doesn’t have the force of a contractual agreement.

So Muhyidin has every right to assault the MOA.

But the more important thing to see, is where will Dato Najib stand? He has said he agreed totally and unreservedly with his MOA between Pak Lah and him. Indeed he vowed that he’s fully committed to uphold that ‘agreement’ even if the divisions nominated him. Remember, when one branch in Pekan( Ubai) nominated him as president and thereby created a ruckus, Najib went on to say, he was fully committed to the hand over deal. So he sumpah then, he sumpah he did not know Altantuya so many times, which make Sakmongkol thinks, that the number of times Dato Najib swears or vowed, is superseded only by the sumpahs made by Iblis.

Sakmongkol’s prediction: Dato Najib will stick to the original plan. He is the beneficiary. To reject the MOA or agreement, will amount to destroying the party set up among others, by his late father. Being the dutiful and filial son that he is, he will not undo the agreement. In an earlier piece, Sakmongkol wrote about paraplegic and paraplegia( no disrespect to any suffering this ailment yes). A paraplegic suffers from defective spinal chord( backbone). The problem with Najib is worse. He has no spinal chord.

Sakmongkol is perplexed with the continued fixation on Dato Najib being the next UMNO president. It is as though, if Dato Najib doesn’t make it, UMNO is doomed. Let’s get over this Najib fetish.

UMNO must re chart its course under a new captain and a new chief officer. Sakmongkol wouldn’t want to be in a ship captained by an uncertain fellow and assisted by a chief officer who changes his mind too often and who is likely to make a U turn at the most crucial time. Would you take the risk? Better ask them to sign off.