UMNO unprepared to change

Posted by: free&fair on April 13, 2008 8:30:25 PM (127 reads )

The big question of whether any new leadership in UMNO will do better than Badawi is answered in the negative by many commentators -as in this one by Malaysian Insider. This argument follow on to argue that Mar 8th election results is a beginning of an irreversible decline of UMNO/BN and its racialist ideology. The argument focus on the undeniable negative aspects of UMNO/BN. Could there be any possiblity for a reformed UMNO-we need to look in other directions to look for these elements. The positive elements must come together fast enough before UMNO/BN is gone for ever:

Samy Vellu send his empathy to Pak Lah

Posted by: free&fair on April 13, 2008 8:14:22 PM (124 reads )

Both men are facing pressures to step down-from outside as well as from inside the party. No wonder Samy is the first leader coming to Pak Lah's rescue:

Confirmed: Pak Lah asked to leave `politely'

Posted by: free&fair on April 13, 2008 4:24:37 PM (117 reads )

The PM cum UMNO President has been asked to `expedite' `transition of power'-or in plane language-he has been asked to leave/get lost ASAP! Watch out: The next 12 hours will see some dramatic announcements! A number of scenarios are possible:

1. Badawi may try to play his delaying tactics-but time is running out. There may even be a timetable already set. And he has no choice on his succesor -Najib has already been named in the `deal' to give Badawi the temprory support. So he may indeed choose to announce it at earliest possible time eg the next Cabinet meeting on Friday. If this happen there will certainly be a speedy Cabinet reshuffle under new PM Najib.This is a pro-Najib scenario. Other possible scenarios:

2. he may call for an UMNO Emergency Meeting-which will give him more time -and some more options to prepare for his unavoidable exit eg a big retirement package ala Mahathir(who went to South Pole on public expense!), or a UMNO Youth Chief position for his SIL.This scenario may give a platform to Razaleigh to explore an option other than what Najib can offer;

3. The more radical option would be : if he feel really pissed off: he resign from his MP position -forcing a by-election!!! Or a threat to this effect may hold off some pressure from those in UMNO/Najib's faction. In any case his days as UMNO President & PM are numbered. Some bloggers even postulate that he may cross over to join Anwar, and bring down the BN govenment ....if he still has resolve to make a splash before his exit. Politics is the arts of the possible. Watch out!

Lookng back: he has been provoked to hit back at his opponents -and the `blame his critics' response was too little too late. Nothing fatal was delivered to substantiate the counter criticisms. The rejection of his explantion set the stage for his exit-which played out in the subsequent visits to the various states to face unfriendly rebuke and call for resignations from the divisional war lords. Even the Parliamentarians support could not help to resuscitate his fading aura as a PM.

The PC after meeting UMNO Johor 2 days ago (Friday) was probably deemed to have not gone far enough to spell out his impending exit -he only hinted broadly that he will not PM for `too long'-thus the need for a clarification by the UMNO Johor spokeperson that PM has `won' their support through a `step-down-orderly-soon' deal. Now: how soon do the UMNO warlords want?

The more important issue is: what changes will the new PM bring -whoever that may be.

April 13, 2008 16:46 PM

Call To Expedite Transition Of Power

JOHOR BAHARU, April 13 (Bernama) -- The plan for transition of power from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should be expedited in an orderly manner to ensure that the people are not left wondering about it, Johor Umno information chief Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said today.

Beginning of Pak Lah's End in sight?

Posted by: Anonymous on April 13, 2008 3:58:54 PM (108 reads )

Muhyiddin who said UMNO's crisis is only in the eyes of the few beholders now make a significant concession that the crisis is indeed more than just a problems of the few eyes. The `UMNO leadership crisis' come from his mouth now:

Muhyiddin joins call for urgent change in Umno leadershipHe warns if Umno doesn't act now, it may never come back

"If the changes are not made immediately, Umno will also lose power and can never make a comeback," said the International Trade and Industry Minister.

We will be back-soonest!

Posted by: free&fair on April 12, 2008 6:37:32 PM (102 reads )

MALVU.org has been down for the last couple of years due to some problems including technical issues. For whatever reason it had become very slow. We couldn't identify the cause -and to avoid receiveing more complaints of that nature we had stopped updating the web site. However the mission of the web site is getting ever more relevant as proven by the results from the last general elections-which we missed. With a new scenario after the elections we face another situation where the need for monitoring the power that be become even more important: the winning of the election by PKR-DAP-PAS/ Pakatan Rakyat now mean that power relationships have become more complicated and put ever higher demand for objectivity, rationality and vigour in news reporting and analysis. This is a change for the better-we should all welcome it. We will be back to provide the kind of updated analysis and reporting from voters' perspectives soon !

Old articles by Cheah Kah Seng about Penang economy

Posted by: Kah Seng on February 15, 2008 4:20:01 PM (139 reads )

I notice someone has been searching for Cheah Kah Seng's article in Malvu.org. Malvu.org's search function is lacking. Assuming that you are looking for articles on Penang to use during the current election campaign, here are links you can use. Please remember these articles and data are somewhat outdated.

Using Google site search may be more efficient:
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Articles: Where's The Pearl

Introduction: Penang's Problem is Governance and Politics

CONCLUSION ... The Only Solution For Penang is Local Election

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CONGRATULATIONS Jeff Ooi!

Posted by: Anonymous on August 05, 2007 12:05:35 PM (117 reads )

CONGRATULATIONS Jeff Ooi!

July 30, 2007 – 1:14 am

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We are Malaysians, That's All That Matter

Posted by: Anonymous on June 18, 2007 3:18:27 PM (134 reads )

I had attended a mini workshop about the issue of race, recently. There were a lot of familiar questions popped up during the workshop that lasted for only 2 hours. As I said, it is a familiar topic that circulating my years of receiving education, starting from primary school until now. However there was a drastic change of the content of the topic.

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CONGRATULATIONS Jeff Ooi!

CONGRATULATIONS Jeff Ooi!

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