Tengku Razaleigh and political relevancy.

TENGKU RAZALEIGH HAMZAH AND HIS SEARCH FOR POLITICAL RELEVANCE

Tengku Razaleigh must do something quickly. Today, sakmongkol received an sms from an anonymous source. The sms said, why nominate TRH because he cant give any ill-gotten money to us.

Sad but true, the central concern of UMNO now is MONEY not LEADERSHIP.

The only person who can get away with this kind of sarcasm and reverse psychology is the medical doctor himself- Tun Mahathir. Coming from TRH’s people, sounds so amateurish and belittle us.

Just say the damn thing- vote for TRH. Sakmongkol makes no bones about this, he wants TRH to be considered by the UMNO delegates as an alternative presidential candidate.

The sms implied all the other players in the game are paying money. Sakmongkol will not want to even deny the statement as its happening unabated. Second, it suggests that all the money are ill-gotten and therefore as the sms say, haram.

The sender of the sms must be living in a dream world. UMNOniks going to the G.Assemby, do not give a rat’s ass about whether the money is haram, kosher or not. In this troubled times, who cares about the origins of the RM 300-600 per head. The UMNO Joes who make the trip from the kampong to the perwakilan bahagian meeting are eagerly waiting for handouts. This is a disease in UMNO and the reason why so many of us, want to reinvent UMNO politics. But you can only re-invent when you are in position. Given the reluctance of those entrenched in power at the moment to undo what is advantageous to them, the issue is how do you jettison them?

There’s only one language the UMNO joes know at the moment- that’s the language contained in the piece of paper known as a store of value, measure of wealth, legal tender, otherwise known as money. Everyone wants to earn a place among the G7, i.e. those who need to fight to get a berth on the gravy train to the PWTC. They know they can earn a lot of money this year.

Can you imagine- there are 100 over contestants for the MKT and each are willing to pay whatever is necessary to get a place on the MKT. Each one wants to be within an earshot to Dato Najib.

As to the implication that the duit is ill-gotten and haram- yes they are all haram. What’s new? Tell sakmongkol, how rich are these buggers that they can easily dispense with money like nobody’s business? Looking at the stupid faces of most of the UMNO contestants and ketua bahagians, sakmongkol does not think they their wealth come from sound business acumen.

Of course you wouldn’t be able to see Dato Najib going around giving out money. Until March 2009, he must adopt a saintly attitude.

But you can bet his chief strategist, his peacock, the bearded JJ, the man who hails from Kampung Mat Dulang in Pekan, is going around the country, being so charitable. Hello JJ, nothing for sakmongkol ke?

So Tengku Razaliegh, if he wants to stand a chance must ask his people to be charitable too. Lets talk about morality , halal and haram after the GA. UMNO is rotten to the core that mention of some morality especially in terms of giving and receiving money will only attract incredulity from the UMNO people. When Anwar Ibrahim wanted to become the deputy president of UMNO, he was the most popular figure in Sabah. He was father Christmas to UMNO Sabah the last time.

Therefore, Tengku Razaliegh if he wants to get the required number of nominations must allow his people to be charitable and sedekah the UMNO delegates. Its not a question of morality at the moment, but of political expediency.

The sender of the SMS- has been delegate to the UMNO GA before? If he/she has, this person will understand the profile of the UMNO delegates; 70% are the riff-raffs waiting to be paid to cast their votes and then they will be off for some shopping spree and enjoy the pleasure of the dangdut joints around the PWTC area.

So, TRH suppoters, go around the country. Do the JJ shuffle. Wheel and deal. Give TRH a fighting chance. Not an unsolicited and preachy of no value sms.