PM: Silencing critics won’t return Umno to old glory
KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO should not revert to the old path of restricting the freedom of citizens and silencing critics to regain its glory, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad said.
"It is a path that I fear will hasten our demise," the Umno president said in his keynote address to the Umno delegates at the party's annual general assembly Thursday.
Abdullah said there were those who felt that there was no need to pursue reforms.
"They believe that Umno will regain its glory if we revert to the old ways - the old order of restricting the freedom of our citizens and by silencing their criticism.
"They are of the view that Umno can continue to be in power if they safeguard the interests of certain individuals and give in to the demands of certain groups," he said.
Abdullah said the country must take the courageous step to reform in the face of transformation of society and the radical global changes taking place.
If this was not done, Abdullah said, Umno members would certainly see the demise of their party.
"What is the point of fighting tooth and nail for positions in the party if all that remains of us is an obsolete husk?" he said.
He said for Umno to remain relevant, the party had to fuse its past strengths with new elements necessary for survival and success.
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I guess when you have nothing to lose anymore ( or when the previous night you did win something), you can say these things without any sense of irony at all.
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It's when there is nothing to lose that the truth comes out
This is irony?
You should listen to your own father's criticism of Pak Lah's administration.
That's irony !
I guess you are right; when there is nothing to lose anymore people say the most ironic/hypocritical of things.
p/s : my fave? That the Pak Lah admin should have a renegotiation of one sided contracts signed during your father's time.
Case of too little, waaay too late, but now he can retire to his beautiful and luxurious fortress in Australia on the expense of the rakyat.
Ironinya, anda gagal mengesan perkara yang sama terjadi kepada Dr Mahathir sebelum ini.
Owh, lupa plak... i dengar Mahathir dah kembali berkuasa di balik tabir... betulkah?
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Siaran Langsung Perhimpunan Agong UMNO
Agreee with mut.
Since you enjoy reading The Star so much, take a look at the interview with Tan Sri Aziz Tapa last Sunday. He said money politics really became rampant with the rise of Team Wawasan[comprising Anwar] in the year Anwar challenged and beat the late Tun Ghafar.
And this was common knowledge to senior Umno leadership.
Subsequently, Anwar was appointed to one powerful Cabinet position after another
and groomed to be our next PM.
Now, your Dad warns Najib to not appoint anyone with such a reputation, even if they win in UMNO elections.
UMNO's money politics problems have been traced to the quota and delegates voting system.
And who put in place the need for quotas?
The same man who called for its abolishment when he was no longer in power, hence no more need for its 'protection'.
This comment is getting too long, so I shall not even touch the issues of Operasi Lalang and the judicial crisis.
would like to hear your thoughts on the election results...
i was rooting for mukhriz.. :(
I believe that the commentors should be more professional in commenting as you are being unfair to the writter.How do you feel if I criticise you for something you did not do,but was done by your father or someone close to you(by the way in think Marina dad is awesome),and she has the right to express her opinion as a Malaysian and she should be treated with fairness as individual as she is not her father thus she should not be tied with him.(She also has her own opinion on issues that is probably different from her iconic father)
While I'm no fan of Dr. M, being naturally inclined to DAP ideology,
I agree that the comments to Marina was really uncalled for.
Just because she is Dr. M's daughter, it does not automatically mean that she agrees with everything he does. She is her own person with her own views and opinions. And she is not responsible for whatever her father did during his tenure as PM or for his comments.
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