Posts Tagged ‘Badawi’
No good will come from dragging one man from his podium with raw force and disregard to his word, or his family who watch their father and husband being dragged out of government like a common criminal.
The analysis is, and no minister in Umno’s old or new cabinet (Yes, Umno cabinet not Malaysian cabinet, because non-Umno members are just guests) will come out and say in direct language: It is not that Umno is weak or weaker, just that all the other component parties in the Peninsula are.
Mahathir himself will be pacified by the knowledge that his input into the new administration, gives him opportunities to clip Khairy’s rise.
In a season of trying to move up all the bright young minds onto the power stage, with Najib posturing himself to be the mentor for all of them would start to look queasy, when you take out the most recognisable young leader in Umno.
(Four parts : This 4th part looks the Umno nominations and the year end subterfuges)
The final quarter of 2008 was a bit of getting back to old basics, but with a twist.
When Umno elections are around the corner, all party members let go of all other preoccupations and focus on it. A position in the [...]