POKAI…..Abdul Kadir said he has never used money to win positions in Umno.
By : SHANNON TEOH
A FORMER federal minister from Umno claimed today that party leaders used money to win party elections and this practice went to the very top.
Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir told a press conference that Umno must “stop and abolish the despicable and disgusting acts of bribery and corruption.”
“This includes the political corruption whereby one has to pay money to his own fellow party members to be elected to various posts in Umno, including the top posts.
“If you give, it’s wrong. If you don’t, you lose. So it becomes widely accepted culture, so even leaders in top positions have to do it if not you lose,” the former Umno supreme council member said.
He cited as an example influential former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who was unable to be elected as a delegate to the party general assembly after ending his 22 years as Umno president.
“Dr Mahathir has shed tears in his opening address at the general assembly, begging leaders not to buy votes. Can you imagine later he could not even win as a delegate?” Abdul Kadir said, adding he has never used money to win positions in the party.
The former information minister made headlines last month when he accused the ruling coalition of handing out RM200 to RM1,000 to win previous elections but said he personally did not use the strategy known as ‘bomb’.
He also repeated today that BN should “stop the ugly and primitive practice of bribing the rakyat whether directly or indirectly, in order to win elections.”
Abdul Kadir, who was also a former culture, arts and tourism minister, told reporters today that he has been told that Umno’s disciplinary committee has been asked to investigate his comments although he has not received any formal notice.
“There is no need to investigate me because I will be sending them the full texts of the said interviews which are not edited in any way,” he said.
He said in his defence that Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and other leaders “have gone around the country shouting we must change, otherwise we will be changed.”
“The question is what are those bad habits that need to be change of which the rakyat is so angry about?”
Abdul Kadir is now treasurer of Kulim Bandar Baharu Umno and deputy president of non-partisan pro-unity NGO Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (Amanah).
The Election Commission must make sure that the general election will be clean and fair from the start to the end.
ReplyDeleteBad habits that ruins the government's images should be changed so that the people will be able to have good impression of them.
ReplyDeleteHopefully this coming elections will be a fair one.
ReplyDeleteIts indeed a tragic affair. some say it's vote buying, whole others said its to cover the expenses for the people.
ReplyDeletejadi dia bersuara kena bayar oleh siapa?
ReplyDeleteketika berada dalam kerajaan tiada pula dia mengutuk kerajaan pemerintah sekarang bukan main lagi. apa motif?
ReplyDeletebegitulah bila tak lagi dilantik jadi menteri, mula berpaling tadah.
Deletebiasalah tu. bila tidak sehaluan dan pendirian pun berbeza, keluar parti dan kutuk habis2an.
Deletekedudukan dan jawatan biarlah diperolehi dengan kelayakan bukan dengan wang yang banyak.
ReplyDeleteKita tunggu saja PRU 13 akan datang. Rakyat mungkin masih memilih BN kerana boleh kita lihat sekarang BN mampu memerintah Negera kita.
ReplyDeletejangan2 dia pun ada buat juga.. sebab itu dia tahu..
ReplyDeletejika beliau benar2 anti rasuah, kenapa beliau senyap ketika beliau masih dalam parti itu?? jaga kepentingan?? bermakna beliau juga patut dipersalahkan kerana bersekongkol.. hanya selepas tidak ada apa2 jawatan dalam parti itu baru dia bising..
ReplyDeleteFaham-faham sajalah. Inilah yang dinamakan hipokrit. Tentu ada motif di sebalik kenyataan 'berani mati' Abdul Kadir ini.
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