Will Malaysia have a new PM in mid-2010?

12.7.2008.

It's all up to the UMNO branches in their coming AGMs this month. Whoever gets sufficient nominations will contest the December Party elections, that is due process.Neither the incumbent President, nor his supporters in the Supreme Council own their posts, regardless of any transition plan or whatever.

GE12  and the subsequent polemics in the media, on the streets, and, more cogently, on the internet have made it plain for all to see that there is something very wrong with with the way this country is being run. The obvious culprit is Dollah.  No amount of spin can cover this up. 

The 2004 victory is long gone and forgotten. The 2008 debacle is in our faces. The world economy as we know it is crumbling down our ears. The situation is critical. Drastic action is required today, now, not tomorrow, certainly not in 2010 ! The country requires an enlightened and brave leadership,more so now than ever before, and Dollah  just hasn't got it, and he still doesn't get it. He is offering nothing, he is doing nothing and he is not even saying anything ! I would like to go into his head and see what's happening there, but I don't expect to find anything. 

When the Federal Government that just managed to retain power took office, the immediate action wasn't to address the shortcomings shown up by the 12GE. It was to send  running dogs to snap at an 83-year ex-PM who was brave enough to speak out and criticise. Dollah   found the time to dig up old issues to demonise the old man who let off the dog that was trapped ( "melepaskan anjing tersepit"), Dollah is looking backwards, when he should be looking forward.

This so-called "Transition Plan" for 2010 is just buying time, most probably to have enough time to stash away as safely as possible the loot that would allow Dollah & Co. to enjoy the rest of their days in the sunshine somewhere. 

Unfortunately for Najib, this Plan now denies him any chance of mounting what could have been a realistic challange. So much for his faithfulness. To challange in December is to lend hollow all his misguided pronouncements of "loyalty to The Leader". A personal visit by the exPM failed to convince him to see the difference between duty to the Party and duty to the Party Leader. 

Now UMNO members who see the difference between glass and gem are unconvinced that Najib is the Leader in their hour of need. Now Muhyiddin in Tokyo.  That was an interesting comment that he made.

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