Judging the UMNO President

I was reading with interest what PM Najib just said. He is asking the people to judge him on his ideas and track record.

He is asking for trouble. This is the thing that Dr Mahathir and Daim fear most. Of course, the UMNO people will dismiss the view of the 2 jaded grey eminences. They will treat the views of others with contempt- that is the stock in trade of UMNO people.

So I read somewhat amused, people urging me to give me back my datoship and all that. Let me remind readers that our Kings and Sultans are kings and Sultans of all Malaysians not of UMNO people only. They give honorific titles to anybody they please. In the past people with underworld links were also recipients of honorific titles. But because these people gave UMNO people money, UMNOans are prepared to go to bed with them.

But we must also remind ourselves that it’s the UMNO people who once were after the blood of our royal houses. In the constitutional crisis some time ago, the movement to downsize and humiliate and ridicule the Malay rulers was started by the prince with the Kerala roots. In Batu Pahat, the then DPM, Musa Hitam called a group of 7 UMNO young leaders, the Magnificent Seven. One is the present PM and another is the current opposition leader.

Let us get back to the issue at hand- Najib asking the nation to judge him on his track record and his ideas. We will take him on that.

Is he contesting in an American presidential election where the presidential candidate from party X fights against the incumbent? Then it’s all about himself. Najib isn’t a strategic thinker at all. He has done it all since 1976 but is now showing, when push comes to shove, he is actually a novice.

He is like I have said many times, just like UMNO; he makes it up as he goes along. What’s wrong with having a massaged and char-kuat-ed 69% rating on himself and couldn’t care less how UMNO rates? Then it becomes easier (not easy) to defeat UMNO. If we destroy Najib’s credibility as a leader, then UMNO can easily be defeated. And Najib‘s credibility? Alamak!. And the person to blame is Najib because he cares more about himself than with UMNO.

Hence, judge me on my ideas and track record.

He fails to understand the nature of UMNO’s existence as Daim told me. UMNO does not depend on one individual. When Onn Jaafar left UMNO, the party continued under Tunku Abdul Rahman. When Tunku was removed by a palace coup, UMNO continued by the person behind the removal- Tun Razak. When Tun Razak died, UMNO continued under the straight arrow Hussein Onn.  When Hussein left, the party was led by the man who can walk on water. Even he is not indispensable. He was succeeded by Rip Van Winkle who was then removed by another palace coup initiated by the son of the man who started the first palace coup. The present PM aided and abetted by the man from Pagoh.

So, if he reads UMNO history, which i doubt he does, it was not and will never be about the UMNO president.  If we judge him on his record and his ‘ideas’- Najib will still go on to win. We want him to, so that he enters the 13^th Parliament replacing Anwar Ibrahim as the Opposition leader. Then we will know what mettle is Najib made of.

The UMNO president is not indispensable. So why is he asking the people to judge him on his ideas and track record? What about UMNO’s?

Was that the reason he was apologizing for UMNO in Kedah some weeks ago? Because he knows UMNO is rotten to the core. That epitaph by the way was given by Dr Mahathir, the man who will be credited largely for sowing the seeds of destruction within UMNO. All the smart people have left UMNO as Dr Mahathir said. They have joined PAS, PKR and DAP. So only the riff-raffs remain in UMNO and that is also a reason for Najib asking the people to judge him alone.

Why must we judge him? He is cultured in the same UMNO mold. If he hasn’t found the way to lead the nation since 1976 when he was given the Pekan MP seat, why should we, the people believe that he has found some new political aphrodisiac to Viagra the nation? It’s all Apco inspired bull which Najib takes like a duck takes to water.

All his ideas are rejected by his UMNO people-hence that is the reason why he is a general who has no soldiers nor second in commands.

2 years ago, at the UMNO General Assembly, he was  humiliated. But you know Najib, he will maintain his cool exterior. He won’t say anything but his other features show he is under tremendous pressure. Even his eye brows have turned white.

When he was selling the idea of One Malaysia, the UMNO delegates insisted on Malay first approach. He has since backtracked and has postured that he is more Malay than other Malay. He is the 1Malay. But that is for the consumption of his Malay audience. His 1Malaysia slogan is effectively used to shuffle his non Malay audience into showing that he is an inclusive man. The non-Malays are better off to be circumspect about Najib’s real political motives. Why should the Malays be asked to place a higher value when UMNO befriends MCA ( a Chinese party) but are berated when they are learning to accept DAP( a Chinese dominated but not wholly Chinese party). Which party is more racist? MCA or DAP?

When Najib spoke about his NEM, the UMNO delegates insisted on a DEB like economic policy. In the end, all Najib had in his armor is to say that he is Tun Razak’s son. That, no one can dispute. But when somebody has nothing to offer in his defense other than to say who he is, he actually has nothing to offer his people.

So if he has nothing to offer what can we judge him on? We are judging UMNO not the UMNO president. He is not an island. No man is.

To be continued………with pleasure. Written from Terengganu doing the ceramah circuit.With Aspan Alias.