Another flip to Dollah's flop.

27.9.2008.

Since the news yesterday about (what else) the change decided by Dollah & Najib on a new date for the UMNO 2008 General Assembly, I had already commented on some blogsites. Surfing the internet today made me decide to put my comments on my own blog, for my own future reference as well as to let my No. 2 Son take a crack at me !

For starters, this is another vintage flip from our flip-flop PM.

The last MKT UMNO meeting was just a couple of days ago. Already there apparently has been a major ground shift, otherwise this new "thinking" should have been made known at the earlier MKT meeting.  This is another example of Dollah not having all the feedback that he should have.  More probable, feedback he's getting, but keeps denying, until he's unable to deny it any longer.

Secondly, is UMNO owned by Dollah and Najib only ?

I say this because these two said several times in the last several days, to the press, and apparently also to the MKT, that the both of them would discuss in details the manner of the implementation of a "mutually agreed" take-over plan. I thought UMNO belongs to all members, who pay exactly the same party fee. I also thought the MKT (read "Supreme") is the highest decision-making body under the existing party Constitution. So, how could the MKT members just sat there and swallowed the crap about the two deciding for themselves what rightly belong to the General Assembly ? Certainly I know for a fact ordinary UMNO members are angry.  

Thirdly, why is there dichotomy now in the party proceedings - that the Divisional AGMs continue as planned, but the Genaral Assembly postponed to March 09(which by the way marks one year from the   "Debacle").  Perhaps Dollah thinks he's clever. 

I continue to be amazed at Dollah's performance since becoming PM. I know it's a tough job, especially for him with his background. But as "el supremo", he can have the best advice in the land. Either he's not having access to good advice,  or is ignoring good advice, or simply doesn't have good advisors.. In any of these cases, he's showing abysmal incompetence.   Just look at the things that he has done since securing  90% in Parliament in 2004:

i)  He  managed to very quickly atagonize the old man who gave him the job, simply by dismantling the projects that he as a Cabinet Member had supported. He made the  mistake of underrating the old fox. 

ii) He let family members get involved in extremely large Government corporate dealings. And he of the "transparency, accountabilty and corruption free" grand speeches.

iii)  He  allowed the fiscal and monetary management of the country run its own course unchecked - either out of ignorance, or out of insouciance (I don't know which is worse).

iv)  He  neglected his duties as the Chairman of the OIC, and showed scant interest in Malaysia's international role, especially among the Third World Countries.

v)  He has consistently showed abject insensitivity to the leadership role as a national leader in the nation's hours of need.  For example abondoning the visit  to the Johore floods for his brother's Nasi Kandar opening in Perth, and being deaf to the outcry about  increasing  petrol price (by a preposterous 41 %). 

The good achieved before 2004 squandered in 4 short years !

And in all that time he has managed to do quite well for himself. He got a newly renovated mansion in Putra Jaya. He got a spanking new executive jet. He got a newly refurbished mansion in Perth. He even got a new  wife !

It's time to go, Dol,  Before you get the boot.

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