By : SALLEH SAID KERUAK
KOTA KINABALU: Lately, I
have been reading a lot of comments and writings on the election of Umno’s top
leaders. As a member of Umno, the comments and writings have attracted my
attention.
Mainstream media and the
alternative media have made reports from different angles based on their own
perspectives.
I have followed debates on
it, especially on proposals from various quarters for the two top party posts,
that is the President and Deputy President, not to be contested in the party
elections this year.
All sorts of arguments and
reasons have been given. Each has its pros and cons.
Personally, I see this
debate as being something that is healthy in a party’s struggle in riding out
challenges. This is because it can disclose the conscience of the grassroots
right up to the senior leaders.
For me, Umno is now in a
more democratic position after its constitution was amended not too long ago,
to allow an opportunity for more leaders at the grassroots level to decide the
on party leadership.
And as a democratic party,
surely it is appropriate that the direction and future of the party is up to
the members to decide, in line with the goals and principles of the amendment
of the constitution made earlier.
Therefore, I am of the view
that the spirit of the amendment must be upheld and the recommendation that the
important posts not be contested is against the spirit of that amendment.
I still remember that Umno
President, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, had before this, stated the fact that
Umno is a democratic party and left it to the party members to decide the
direction of its struggles.
I agree with that stand and
it should be respected, by taking into consideration the whole political
scenario after the 13th General Election.
In the 13th GE, the people
sent a clear message to us and we should analyse it within the party context,
and the agenda of unity to ensure Umno remains excellent and relevant.
In this matter, party
leaders and members at all levels should always be open to suggestions, views
or even criticisms for the sake of continuity and political survival.
UMNO yg terbaik berasaskan rekod atau report card......PKR berasaskan manifesto bukan janji, DAP berasaskan racism, PAS bertopengkan Islam.
ReplyDeleteParti Barisan Nasional (BN) adalah pilihan terbaik bagi rakyat kerana ciri kesederhanaannya dan tidak keterlaluan seperti DAP yang jelas bersifat perkauman, kata Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
ReplyDeleteBN parti untuk rakyat
DeleteKatanya, walaupun DAP mendakwa ia parti untuk semua kaum, ia berlaku sebaliknya kerana lebih tertumpu ke arah satu kaum sahaja.
ReplyDelete“DAP akan menggunakan apa sahaja untuk menarik perhatian rakyat tetapi kita tahu parti pembangkang itu ke arah kepada satu kaum sahaja.
“Jika benar parti itu untuk semua kaum, maka ia perlu meletakkan calonnya bertanding di kawasan pengundi majoriti Melayu pada pilihan raya umum akan datang.
ReplyDelete“Kita juga sedia maklum parti itu seperti biasa akan menuduh UMNO dan BN sebagai anti-DAP jika mereka menyahut cabaran itu,” katanya.
Beberapa ahli politik Barisan Nasional (BN) bersikap dingin dengan cadangan agar gabungan pemerintah itu bertukar menjadi parti tunggal, terbuka kepada semua kaum dengan hanya parti Gerakan menyokongnya.
ReplyDeleteBekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dilihat menolak idea itu apabila dilaporkan mengatakan minggu ini masih belum sesuai bagi parti berasaskan kaum BN untuk bergabung menjadi satu parti berbilang kaum, membangkitkan rakyat Malaysia buat masa ini “masih belum mampu mengenepikan kaum untuk bersama dalam satu parti.”
ReplyDelete“Rakyat sekarang masih berfikir mengikut jalur kaum,” kata Menteri Pembangunan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan kepada The Malaysian Insider.
ReplyDeleteSetiausaha Umno Sabah itu berkata syak wasangka terhadap kaum lain turut timbul semasa parti berbilang kaum Berjaya memerintah Sabah dari 1976 sehingga 1985 di bawah Tan Sri Harris Salleh.
“Pemimpin masih lagi berfikir tentang kaum sendiri.. jadi, pada waktu mereka rasa terpinggir, dengan cara betul atau salah, persepsi akan merubah parti itu sendiri menjadi tidak stabil. Apabila syak wasangka semakin kuat, parti itu akan menjadi lemah,” kata Abdul Rahman.
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