UMNO cannot win as an army divided!

Does UMNO want to go into the battle field as an army divided?

It has just completed a gruelling UMNO General Assembly (UGA). The hotly contested post of Ketua Pemuda was won by Khairy Jamaludin, the former deputy head of UMNO youth. Seen from one context, the election of KJ is a reaffirmation of tradition where the number 2 is expected to succeed the number one.

The Ketua Puteri post was even more closely contested. But people seem to ignore this. Rosnah Sherlin was the number two. There was no money politics there? If there is none, this must be record. It's a rarity. The wanita ketua post was keenly fought for and we saw Rafidah Aziz was soundly beaten. Shahrizat was the number two. As for Rafidah, she is almost forgotten now. The iron lady has melted away.

But the fire that raged during the Pemuda contest has not simmered down. It hasn't been doused yet. Indeed, irresponsible people are still throwing fuel material at it hoping to achieve undemocratically what they couldn't through the democratic process.

After all, the election of KJ as is with the election of other office bearers across the board is a democratic process. Having made the bed, one must now lie on it. Do not blame the floor if you are an awkward dancer.

Unfortunately, this is what the virulent die hard anti KJ people are doing. I read that KJ has been accused as chickening out in discharging his responsibilities to head the UMNO youth in the 2 coming by-elections. These are to be held next week in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang.

So people ask with undisguised cynicism, why is KJ chickening out from heading the PEMUDA team in these 2 bukits?

So when it comes to KJ, he has to do the extra mile to prove his worthiness right? In accusations of money politics, KJ has to prove his innocence beyond any reasonable/beyond any shadow of doubt but for others, they only need to measure up to a balance of probabilities. KJ has to go the extra mile to prove he is angelic.

This is hypocrisy on the part of so called UMNO true blue and supporters. The winners and losers in the recent UGA were selected through the same democratic process. The SAME. So how come when it boils down to winners we don't approve of, we are quick to accuse them of winning the post the evil way?

We can argue this matter until we are blue in the face. We conveniently forget that in all by elections, the director of operations is the number 2 in the organisation. It will be Muhyiddin Yassin, it will be Razali from Pemuda and the number 2 in Wanita and Puteri. In the case of Puteri, the leader has always liked to be in the forefront.

I can therefore ask the same question in the same manner by those who wish bad for UMNO.

• Has Najib chicken out by assigning Muhyiddin?
  
• Has Shahrizat chicken out by assigning Kamila?
  
• Why won't Muhyiddin use these by elections to justify the explicit endorsement given him by our beloved TDM?
  
• Why won't Najib use these 2 by-elections as an opportunity to vindicate himself?
  
• Why won't Mukhriz prove that he is a loyal UMNO man.
  

UMNO seems to be catching the Arab Disease- they quarrel among themselves and bring their quarrels out in the battle fields. UMNO hasn't learnt from the Israelis. They quarrel vehemently among themselves, but when it comes to facing a common enemy, they go as a unified army.

Our common enemies are out there in Bukit Selambau and Bukit Gantang. I don't see UMNO there as the enemy. I don't see Pemuda UMNO as the unwanted bastard child. Do you?