Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Why BN and Umno performed miserably

By Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
www.chedet.com


DATUK Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the president of Umno, chairman of the Barisan Nasional and Prime Minister of Malaysia has blamed everyone else except himself for the miserable performance of the coalition in the 12th general election.
He has blamed the whole electorate for not wanting him to get a two-thirds majority; BN members and Umno members in Kedah and Perak for sabotage; Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah for BN’s defeat in Kelantan and myself for speaking against him and his government.
He is not too far wrong. There is a lot of truth in what he says. I know that many Umno members voted for the Opposition. I admit that what I said may have influenced some of them into doing the unthinkable.
But the more important question is why did they do this. Umno members had always been loyal to the party. They would never vote for the Opposition, particularly PAS and DAP. Yet they did in the 2008 general election. How else could the Opposition parties win if they did not get the votes of BN supporters? The reduction in the votes for BN candidates very nearly matches the increase in votes for the opposition parties.

In the last 50 years and 11 general elections Umno members and the average Malaysian had never failed to support Umno or the Alliance/BN. Except for 1969 when the Chinese withdrew their support, the Alliance and the BN had won a two-thirds majority every time.

Neither Tunku Abdul Rahman (the 1969 general election excepted), nor Tun Razak, nor Tun Hussein Onn, nor yours truly had won less than two-thirds. Certainly we never had occasion to accuse Umno members of sabotaging their party. Yet Abdullah, by his own admission, has apparently been “sabotaged” by Umno members.

Umno members did not want their party to lose. But they needed to send a message to Abdullah and his coterie of “Yes Men”. They could not speak their minds because all avenues were closed to them. Delegates to the Umno General Assembly were chosen because they would not criticise the president. My son Mukhriz had commented that there was nothing new in the president’s speech in 2006 and he was called up by the Umno Youth Committee, was scolded and told to choose between his father and the president.

The Umno Supreme Council and the cabinet were full of Yes-Men who never voiced the dissatisfaction or the complaints of the Umno rank and file. Umno members were forbidden on pain of disciplinary action from listening to any talk by people not approved by the president. This includes me. The police and the state Umno called up people who invited me and told them to withdraw their invitations.

Since Umno members could not express their real opinion regarding the government at any time and in any place, the only way they could convey their disenchantment with it was through voting at the general election. Voting was relatively secret and no action could be taken against them. So scared were the Umno voters that they might be found out that they never revealed to each other or to anyone of their intention to vote for the Opposition. And so it was that no one accurately forecast the massive swing in favour of the Opposition.

Some Umno members could not bring themselves to vote for the Opposition. And so they deliberately spoiled their votes. There were more than 300,000 spoilt votes in all, a record. It cannot be that after 50 years and 11 elections the voters still did not know how to vote.

Maybe it was because of me that Umno voters acted the way they did. I did urge Umno members to vote for good candidates and not just vote for the party. Umno could have fielded really good candidates but despite the president assuring that all the candidates were clean and qualified, they lost. This was because the candidates were not good and they often replaced the giant-killers who had done well in the past. Most of the “parachuted” candidates were young and Umno members were angry because they suspected that these young candidates were chosen by one person. Do a survey and find out how many of these new candidates lost.

The leadership apparently believed that Umno members would vote for any candidate chosen by the party leader. The leadership, was grossly mistaken.

But so angry were the Umno voters that they voted even for opposition candidates who were educationally unqualified and inexperienced.

The present leadership of Umno and BN, in particular Abdullah, should face facts. The electorate did not reject or “sabotage” the BN for no reason. In 2004 they had not seen Abdullah perform. So there was no sabotage. But in 2008 they had already seen Abdullah reveal his true colours. They did not like it.

The first thing he did when becoming prime minister was to bring his family unofficially into the government. He can deny this but people know the activities of Khairy Jamaluddin and Kamaluddin Abdullah and their cronies, including those of the fourth floor. They often sit in meetings of government committees and when the prime minister met people.

Khairy’s winning the deputy Umno Youth post uncontested disgusted many people. Had it been a party veteran with years of service to the party winning uncontested, no one would object. But Khairy had been in Umno less than five years and had no record of service to Umno. How could he win uncontested?

Early in his term of office, Abdullah decided not to go ahead with the so-called mega projects initiated by me. That was his right. But what was not right and what caused people to think he was being vindictive was the suggestion that I was wasting money on my many “pet” projects so much so that the government no longer had money to continue with them. Actually people know the projects were necessary. Imagine Malaysia without the KLIA, Sentral Station, Penang Bridge, North-South Highway, double-tracking and electrification, the LRT and monorail for Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya, toll roads, Westport, Tanjung Pelepas Port, Formula 1 circuit, KL Tower, ports, etc.

I will not mention the things he did which affected me alone and are not generally known to the public. This is because the voting public could not have been influenced by this.

But what is known is his reaction to my criticism regarding the APs (Approved Permits) and the decision not to build the “crooked” bridge in Johor. He and his ministers publicly abused me and at one stage wanted to expel me from the party. Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz was extremely rude.

People felt that he and his cabinet colleagues, many of whom were appointed by me were most ungrateful. People know that but for me Abdullah would not be the prime minister today. So were most of the others for they were made ministers by me. They used to be my strong supporters, kissing my hand and some cried when I stepped down. Now they turned on me and denigrated me in a most unbecoming way. I don’t really care but I think the people regard this behaviour as just bad.

The fear Abdullah instilled in his ministers, members of the Umno Supreme Council and other party leaders was such that none dared to stand up to defend me or to counter what Abdullah and his colleagues said.

If Singapore could not agree to build a straight bridge unless sand was sold to it, we could have gone on to build the “crooked” bridge which had nothing to do with Singapore. Irked by the refusal of Johoreans to sell sand and allow Singapore warplanes to fly over Johor air space, Abdullah disallowed the construction of even the “crooked” bridge. Why?

I am sure it was because the one billion cubic metres of sand he wanted to sell to Singapore was objected to by Johor. Someone stood to make RM1 billion or more over 20 years from the sale of sand. Singapore would like to have the sand at above market price even as the land reclaimed would be sold at S$3,000-S$5,000 per sq ft.

The objection by Johor was because mining the seabed sand would cause erosion of the shores, destroy fish breeding grounds and deprive Johor fishermen of their fishing ground. The royalty collected by Johor would be nothing compared to what Singapore could make from selling reclaimed land.

There were other things done by Abdullah which the people did not like. These include matters related to the issuance of APs, the sale of MV Agusta, the CIQ building in Johor Baru, the double-tracking of the railway from JB to Padang Besar, miniature mosques and crystal mosques in Terengganu, the Monsoon Cup, the various corridors and the extensive renovation of Sri Perdana.

There were many other unpopular things done by Abdullah which alienated Umno and BN members and the voters in general. If there is anyone to blame for the miserable performance of Umno and BN, it is Abdullah himself. This is the opinion of the vast majority of Malaysians. If they are allowed to speak freely, this is what they would say.

No matter how strongly he denies that he is the cause, no matter how many people he blames, he cannot explain why this catastrophe to the Umno, MCA, MIC and Gerakan and the BN had never happened under four previous prime ministers but happens only during this tenure. He cannot explain why the “sabotage” by Umno and the component party members in 2008 when in the past they had been very loyal and never failed to give the Alliance and the BN two-thirds majority in Parliament and control of almost all the states.
If he refuses to go and tries to ignore the calls for his removal until the next election, the disgusted voters and party members will probably ensure the BN will be defeated at federal and state levels as the only way to end his premiership.

DAP and PAS will want to ensure that Abdullah remains until the next election because, as in 2008, the disgusted BN supporters will vote for the Opposition. This will be even more likely if PAS and DAP provide good government for the states under their care.

When that happens there will be no hope for Umno to make a comeback.

As I said, I admit some responsibility for the poor showing of Umno and BN. Had Abdullah won big he would continue with his disregard for the objectives of his Umno, for the well-being of Malaysia.

I would consider myself a betrayer of my country if I allow this to happen. And those sycophants who fawn before Abdullah will also be betrayers of their country, their people and for Malays, their religion even.

In the final analysis, the responsibility for the losses sustained by the BN is with the prime minister himself. If he wishes to redeem himself and help resuscitate Umno and BN, he should resign now and let others rehabilitate the parties. As long as he remains Umno president, BN chairman and prime minister, recovery would be impossible.


Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Kuala Lumpur





Kegagalan Barisan Nasional


1. Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Presiden UMNO, Pengerusi Barisan Nasional dan Perdana Menteri telah menyalahkan semua orang kecuali dirinya sebagai penyebab prestasi Barisan Nasional yang buruk pada Pilihanraya Umum ke-12.

2. Dia menyalahkan pengundi kerana kononnya tidak mahukan dia menang dua-pertiga majoriti; ahli Barisan Nasional kerana sabotaj, ahli UMNO di Kedah dan Perak juga kerana sabotaj, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah kerana kekalahan Barisan Nasional di Kelantan dan saya sendiri kerana lantang mengkritik dirinya dan Kerajaan pimpinannya.

3. Apa yang dikatakan olehnya bukanlah semuanya salah. Ada banyak kebenaran di dalam apa yang dikatakan. Saya tahu ramai ahli UMNO yang mengundi pembangkang. Saya akui apa yang saya katakan mungkin pengaruhi sesetengah daripada mereka untuk lakukan apa yang tidak pernah terfikir oleh mereka.

4. Tetapi soalnya, kenapakah mereka berbuat demikian? Ahli UMNO selalunya amat setia terhadap parti mereka. Mereka tidak akan mengundi pembangkang, terutamanya PAS dan DAP. Tetapi di dalam Pilihanraya Umum 2008, mereka buat demikian. Bagaimana pembangkang boleh menang jika mereka tidak mendapat undi penyokong Barisan Nasional? Kekurangan jumlah undi pada calon Barisan Nasional hampir sama jumlahnya denganpeningkatan undi untuk parti pembangkang.

5. Selama 50 tahun dan 11 Pilihanraya Umum, ahli UMNO dan rakyat Malaysia secara purata tidak pernah gagal menyokong UMNO mahupun Perikatan/Barisan Nasional. Kecuali pada tahun 1969 apabila orang Cina tidak memberi sokongan mereka, Perikatan dan Barisan Nasional menang dua-pertiga majoriti tiap kali.

6. Tunku Abdul Rahman (kecuali Pilihanraya Umum tahun 1969), Tun Razak, Tun Hussein Onn, dan saya sendiri tidak pernah gagal menang lebih dua-pertiga majoriti. Sudah tentu kami tidak pernah menyalahkan ahli parti kerana sabotaj. Tetapi Dato Seri Abdullah mengakui bahawa dirinya telah disabotaj oleh ahli UMNO.

7. Ahli UMNO tidak mahu parti mereka kalah. Tetapi mereka rasakan perlu untuk hantar mesej kepada Dato Seri Abdullah dan konco-konconya yang hanya berminat untuk mengiakan setiap apa yang dia katakan. Mereka (ahli UMNO) tidak boleh meluahkan perasaan mereka kerana semua jalan telahpun tertutup. Perwakilan ke Perhimpunan Agung UMNO dipilih kerana mereka tidak akan mengkritik Presiden. Anak saya Mukhriz apabila menyatakan tidak ada benda baru yang disampaikan presiden parti dalam ucapan 2006 telah dipanggil oleh Jawatankuasa Pemuda, dimarahi dan diarah untuk memilih antara bapanya dan Presiden.

8. Majlis Tertinggi UMNO dan Kabinet dipenuhi "Yes-Men" yang tidak pernah menyuarakan ketidakpuasan hati ahli UMNO di peringkat akar umbi. Ahli UMNO diugut tindakan disiplin jika mendengar ucapan sesiapa yang tidak mendapat restu atau kelulusan Presiden. Ini termasuk saya. Polis dan UMNO Negeri akan memanggil pihak yang menjemput saya dan diarah menarik balik jemputan mereka.

9. Apabila ahli UMNO tidak dapat menyuarakan pendapat sebenar mereka berkenaan Kerajaan, hanya terdapat satu cara sahaja bagi mereka untuk menyatakan ketidakpuasan hati mereka, iaitu dengan undi mereka dalam Pilihanraya Umum. Undi secara dasarnya adalah rahsia. Begitu takutnya pengundi UMNO ini akan orang lain mengetahui tentang niat mereka, maka mereka tidak mendedah kepada sesiapapun niat mereka untuk mengundi pembangkang. Begitulah sehinggakan tiada siapa dapat meramal dengan tepat peralihan sokongan yang besar yang berpihak kepada pembangkang.

10. Sesetengah ahli UMNO masih tidak sanggup mengundi pembangkang. Oleh itu mereka sengaja rosakkan undi mereka. Terdapat 300,000 undi rosak, satu angka yang mungkin terbesar dalam sejarah pilihanraya. Tak mungkin setelah 50 tahun dan 11 Pilihanraya Umum pengundi masih lagi tidak tahu bagaimana nak mengundi.

11. Mungkin kerana saya pengundi UMNO berbuat demikian. Saya telah menyeru ahli UMNO untuk mengundi calon yang terbaik dan bukan hanya parti. UMNO boleh meletakkan calon yang benar-benar baik tetapi walaupun Presiden memberi jaminan yang semua calon bersih dan berkelayakan, mereka kalah. Ini kerana calon tidak baik dan ini mengganti calon yang berjaya atau "giant killers" yang telah berjaya pada pilihanraya lalu. Kebanyakan calon payung terjun muda dan ahli UMNO marah kerana mereka syak calon muda ini dipilih oleh orang tertentu. Buatlah satu kajian untuk tentukan berapa ramai calon baru ini yang kalah.

12. Kepimpinan parti percaya yang ahli UMNO akan undi siapa sahaja yang dipilih oleh kepimpinan parti. Kepimpinan salah apabila memiliki pendapat ini.

13. Pengundi UMNO begitu sekali marah hinggakan mereka sanggup undi calon pembangkang yang bukan sahaja tidak layak dari segi akademik, tetapi tidakpun berpengalaman.

14, Kepimpinan UMNO dan Barisan Nasional, terutamanya Dato Seri Abdullah patut terima kenyataan. Pengundi tidak menolak atau sabotaj Barisan Nasional tanpa sebab. Pada tahun 2004 pengundi belum lagi dapat menilai kepimpinan Dato Seri Abdullah. Jadi tidak ada sabotaj. Tetapi pada 2008 mereka telah dapat melihat siapa sebenarnya Dato Seri Abdullah. Dan mereka tidak suka apa yang mereka lihat.

15. Perkara pertama yang dilakukan selepas menjadi Perdana Menteri ialah untuk membawa masuk ahli keluarganya secara tidak rasmi ke dalam pentadbiran Kerajaan. Beliau boleh menafikannya tetapi orang ramai tahu akan kegiatan Khairy Jamaluddin dan Kamaluddin Abdullah serta konco-konconya termasuk budak-budak Tingkat Empat. Mereka sering turut serta dalam mesyuarat rasmi Kerajaan dan apabila Perdana Menteri mengadakan perjumpaan.

16. Kemenangan Khairy Jamaluddin sebagai Naib Ketua Pemuda UMNO menaikkan kebencian ramai. Jika veteran parti dengan rekod perkhidmatan yang lama yang menang tanpa bertanding tidak ada sesiapa yang akan membantah. Tetapi Khairy berada dalam UMNO kurang dari lima tahun dan tidak pun mempunyai rekod perkhidmatan cemerlang di dalam UMNO. Bagaimana dia boleh menang tanpa bertanding?

17. Pengambilalihan Scomi oleh Kamaluddin timbulkan tandatanya. Seorang pemegang saham terbesar Scomi ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri. Dia masih lagi ditahan. Pada waktu yang sama Scomi menang banyak kontrak yang melibatkan kelulusan Petronas.

18. Scomi juga telah mengambil-alih M-Trans baru-baru ini kerana sistem monorel telah dicadangkan untuk Pulau Pinang. Keputusan juga dijangka dibuat untuk meneruskan projek monorel Putrajaya.

19. Setelah berjanji ketelusan dan pengagihan kontrak melalui tender terbuka, Kerajaan terus memberi kontrak yang besar kepada Syarikat Berkaitan Kerajaan (GLC), dan selalunya sebelum Unit Perancang Ekonomi dapat membuat penilaian dan perancangan. Tidak ada tender. GLC ini tidak punyai kemampuan untuk menjalankan projek-projek ini. Ianya kemudian akan di sub-kontrak kepada kontraktor-kontraktor yang tiada sesiapa pun tahu. Dipercayai bahawa harga kontrak ditingkatkan melebihi harga jangkaan asal.

20. Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan dan ECM-Libra tiba-tiba menjadi begitu terkenal. Kalimullah mempunyai pengaruh yang kuat ke atas Kerajaan. Sebuah syarikat Kerajaan yang besar, Avenue Assets digabungkan dengan ECM-Libra yang rendah nilai sahamnya. Tetapi nilai saham Avenue Assets sengaja diturunkan supaya ECM-Libra dapat menguasai syarikat gabungan ini.

21. Kalimullah juga berpengaruh kerana dianya adalah timbalan pengerusi eksekutif New Straits Times Press dan mempunyai suara yang besar di dalam bilik berita New Straits Times. Oleh itu Dato Seri Abdullah sentiasa dipaparkan dalam keadaan yang amat baik. Cerita yang menonjolkan Abdullah akan mendapat kelulusan untuk disebar meluas.

22. Malang bagi Abdullah, dia mula mempercayai cerita-cerita ini dan menyangka yang dia benar-benar popular. Oleh sebab itu dia telah mengadakan pilihanaya awal menyangkakan yang dia akan sapu bersih. Dia tidak menjangkakan yang pengundi menolak kepimpinannya. Tetapi dia masih lagi bertegas bahawa dia menang.

23. Di awal pemerintahannya dia memutuskan untuk tidak meneruskan apa yang dikatakan "mega projeck" yang saya sendiri telah mulakan. Itu haknya. Yang tidak betul dan apa yang membuatkan orang berfikir yang dia sebenarnya berdendam adalah cadangan yang mengatakan saya membuang duit ke atas banyak "pet" projek saya sehinggakan Kerajaan sudah tidak mempunyai wang untuk meneruskannya. Sebenarnya orang tahu bahawa projek-projek berkenaan amat diperlukan. Bayangkan Malaysia tanpa KLIA, Stesen Sentral, Jambatan Pulau Pinang, Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan, projek rel-keretapi berkembar dan elektrik, LRT, monorel Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya dan Cyberjaya, lebuhraya bertol, Pelabuhan Barat, Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas, Litar lumba Formula 1, Menara KL dan lain-lain

24. Saya tidak akan sebutkan berkenaan perkara-perkara yang dilakukannya yang menyentuh diri saya dan umumnya tidak diketahui orang ramai. Ini kerana pengundi tidak mungkin dipengaruhi perkara ini.

25. Tetapi apa yang diketahui ialah reaksinya terhadap kritikan saya berkenaan APs (Approved Permits) dan keputusan untuk tidak membina jambatan bengkok di Johor. Dia dan menteri-menterinya menghina saya di khalayak ramai dan di satu ketika hendak melucutkan saya daripada keahlian parti. Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz terutamanya, amat biadap.

26. Rakyat juga tahu bahawa dia dan rakan-rakan Kabinetnya, yang kebanyakannya adalah lantikan saya amat tidak mengenang budi. Rakyat juga tahu bahawa jika bukan kerana saya Abdullah tidak akan jadi Perdana Menteri hari ini. Begitu juga kebanyakan yang lain yang dilantik Menteri oleh saya. Mereka dahulunya merupakan penyokong kuat saya, cium tangan saya dan menangis apabila saya meletakkan jawatan. Sekarang mereka menentang saya dan menghina saya dengan cara yang amat tidak sopan. Saya tidak tersinggung kerana ini tetapi saya fikir orang ramai anggap perangai sebegini amat buruk.

27. Ketakutan yang Abdullah semaikan dalam diri Menteri-Menterinya, ahli Majlis Tertinggi UMNO dan kepimpinan UMNO yang lain begitu hebat sekali sehinggakan tiada yang sanggup berdiri mempertahankan saya ataupun untuk mempertikaikan apa yang Abdullah dan rakan-rakannya kata..

28. Jika Singapura tidak bersetuju untuk membina jambatan lurus melainkan pasir dijual kepadanya, kita sepatutnya boleh teruskan pembinaan jambatan bengkok kerana ianya tidak ada kena-mengena dengan Singapura. Tetapi kerana marahkan penolakan rakyat Johor terhadap usaha menjual pasir dan kebenaran bagi jet pejuang Singapura melintasi ruang udara Johor, Abdullah telah batalkan pembinaan jambatan bengkok. Kenapa?

29. Saya percaya ianya kerana 1 billion meter persegi pasir yang dia mahu jual kepada Singapura tetapi dibantah Johor. Ada orang yang akan mendapat untung hingaa satu bilion Ringgit dalam masa 20 tahun dari penjualan pasir. Singapura bersedia membeli pasir pada harga yang lebih tinggi daripada pasaran kerana tanah yang ditambak akan dijual pada harga antara 3,000-5,000 dolar Singapura satu kaki persegi.

30. Bantahan Johor adalah kerana perlombongan pasir dasar laut akan menyebabkan hakisan pantai, kemusnahan kawasan pembiakan ikan dan akan menyebabkan nelayan Johor kehilangan kawasan menangkap ikan. Royalti yang akan dikutip Johor juga tidak terbanding dengan keuntungan yang diraih Singapura dengan mejual tanah tambak.

31. Terdapat beberapa perkara lain yang dilakukan Abdullah yang orang tidak suka. Ini termasuk isu pengeluaran AP, penjualan MV Agusta, masalah bangunan CIQ Johor Baru, pembatalan projek landasan berkembar dari Johor Baru ke Padang Besar, masjid kristal di Terengganu, Monsoon Cup, koridor-koridor serta pengubahsuaian Seri Perdana.

32. Banyak juga perkara yang tidak popular yang dilakukan Dato Seri Abdullah yang telah menyisihkan ahli serta pengundi UMNO dan Barisan Nasional secara umumnya. Jika ada sesiapa yang patut dipersalahkan kerana prestasi buruk UMNO dan Barisan Nasional, dianya adalah Dato Seri Abdullah sendiri. Ini adalah pendapat majoriti kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia. Jika mereka diberi kebebasan bercakap, inilah yang akan mereka katakan.

33. Walau bagaimana pun beliau menolak yang beliau adalah punca segala-galanya. Walau betapa ramai orang yang beliau salahkan, beliau tidak boleh menerangkan kenapa malapetaka yang melanda UMNO, MCA, MIC dan Gerakan dan Barisan Nasional ini tidak pernah berlaku dibawah empat Perdana Menteri yang terdahulu, tetapi hanya berlaku dibawah pentadbirannya. Dia tidak boleh menerangkan kenapa berlaku sabotaj oleh ahli UMNO dan parti komponen pada tahun 2008 sedangkan sebelum ini mereka amat setia dan tidak pernah gagal memberi Perikatan dan Barisan Nasional kemenangan dua-pertiga majoriti di Parlimen dan kemenangan di hampir semua negeri-negeri.

34. Jika Dato Seri Abdullah berdegil tidak mahu mengundur diri dan jika dia cuba untuk mengenepikan usaha peralihan kuasa sebelum Pilihanraya Umum akan datang, pengundi serta ahli parti yang meluat dengannya akan tentukan Barisan Nasional dikalahkan di peringkat Pusat dan Negeri sebagai satu cara untuk menyingkir beliau dan mengakhiri tempohnya sebagai Perdana Menteri.

35. DAP dan PAS akan tentukan Dato Seri Abdullah terus jadi Perdana Menteri hingga Pilihanraya Umum seterusnya kerana serupa seperti 2008, pengundi Barisan Nasional yang menyampah dengan BN akan meyokong pembangkang. Kemarahan Karpal Singh terhadap serangan saya ke atas Dato Seri Abdullah ialah kerana saya mungkin menyebabkan Dato Seri Abdullah undur diri. Dengan ini DAP dan parti pembangkang yang lain akan kehilangan satu orang yang tentunya akan menolong mereka menang. Ini akan menjadi realiti sekiranya PAS dan DAP berjaya mediri Kerajaan yang baik bagi Negeri-negeri di bawah pentadbiran mereka.

36. Apabila ini terjadi maka tidak akan ada apa-apa lagi harapan bagi UMNO untuk kembali berkuasa.

37. Seperti yang saya katakan, saya mengaku bertanggungjawab terhadap kemerosotan prestasi UMNO dan Barisan Nasional. Sebabnya ialah jika Dato Seri Abdullah menang besar beliau akan terus mengabaikan objektifnya untuk UMNO dan untuk kesejahteraan Malaysia.

38. Saya akan anggap diri saya sebagai pengkhianat bangsa jika saya biarkan ini berlaku. Dan mereka yang terus menerus mengampu Dato Seri Abdullah akan menjadi pengkhianat negara, bangsa dan orang Melayu serta agama mereka juga.

39. Akhirnya, analisa menunjukkan yang bertanggunjawab bagi kekalahan yang dialami Barisan Nasional ialah Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sendiri. Jika dia mahu menebus dirinya dan bantu pulihkan UMNO dan BN dia harus meletak jawatan dan biarkan kerja-kerja pemulihan dijalankan oleh pihak lain. Selagi dia terus kekal Presiden UMNO, Pengerusi BN dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia, pemulihan adalah mustahil.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice post of Tun Dr.Mahathir.

Just wondering if Tun ever realised that him choosing Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi as the minister to suceed him as PM back then was the biggest mistake and a tragedy he has ever brought upon BN and the nation of Malaysia.

TDM's worries and feelings right now is authentic and understandable. His concern for the party, country and nation is real and right.

Guess almost everybody knows about this, its just that in different situations, everybody needs to do what they think is the wisest decision to make, selfishness is probably the evil nature of human's heart.

One can never judge a book by its cover. A faithful follower might not be who he really is, at least not until he has got what he wants. Does this implies that every minister in power faces temptation to let greed and pride creeps into their heart once when they are like totally in charge? Thats scary!

PS: Allow me to give a suggestion, maybe Pak Lah needs at least an excuse for him to step down, besides the main reason that he is not well-fitted for that position as PM of Malaysia.

Ego is probably the similarity among mankind, especially men in power. Save him some face, that probably stands more chance of getting what you really want.

In the end, thats what matters right, for Pak Lah to step down from the position for good.

Or if he ever has that love for BN more than himself, maybe he should start thinking of a good excuse for himself to step down from the position. Though right now things like that just seem too fake and impossible. Maybe TDM should have a word privately with Pak Lah and suggest this to him before blasting him for his in-equity in further leading the country.

Dato'Seri Abdullah Badawi, if you ever happened to read this, i hope you will have an open heart towards this issue, and really think carefully of every words that comes from even your enemies or challengers. And really think for the future of the country and the possibilities of the downfall of an unwise decision. Think about the ex health minister and his problems and challenges in the past when he needs to make a decision that affects the whooe of his political arena. Its really not easy, but its simple. And see he has turned a disgrace into a praise, a bad thing into good. Who can condemn him of his decision? There's no other better decision sometimes, we have to choose the one closest to good and righteous, its worth it.

This is a time to test the ability of decision making for all leaders in Malaysia.

Consider every possibility and think ahead, not focus on the present situation. Everything in politics is tricky and unpredictable.

But a wise leader will rise above the storms in every possible way.

tunku said...

tak dak nama,
don't have to wonder , tun admitted his biggest mistake was to pick pak lah as his successor.

zainal mokhtar said...

One in five is not a bad percentage, Tun. Four good PMs, one bad PM, that is.However, in this case, it's one too many.

Now that you have put it in black and white for the whole world to see, let's see what Dolah (or his ghost writer)has to say. I hope there is a response, not another elegent silence.If Dolah doesn't respond, then what you say, Tun, must be true. If he contradicts you,then one of you is a liar.

The in-your-face fact remains that BN got a thrashing in the 13GE. Remeber Musa Hitam ,the axe-grinder, said this is Dolah's election. Dolah's election indeed !. Now eat your own words, Musa. And own up, Dolah !.

What does it take to make UMNO members stand up, take action and save UMNO from going into oblivion ? Are they going to just stand there and watch this old man, Mahathir, take on the entire Supreme Council all by himself ? What happened to the shrill voices heard in Sg. Petani, Ipoh and Johor Baru ? Where are these people now? Is this the enactment of one of those Malay sayings - "angat,angat tahi ayam" ?

Dolah is not indispensible. Onn Jaafar, Tunku, Husain, even Mahathir weren't. UMNO, too, is man's creation and absolutely dispensible. But right now UMNO is all the Malays have to protect Malay sovereignty in "Tanah Melayu".If Dolah has a shred of conscience in him, he wouldn't hesitate to let someone else who's better endowed to step into his place and resuscitate UMNO.

Anonymous said...

Dr M may have the industrial touch - I salute him for that, but not human touch at all.

1. He chose 4 DPMs during his time as the premier, meaning he realised the first 3 did not have the cut to be a PM, hence the appointment of the 4th DPM.

2. Now he is questioning the current PM, who is actually the 4th DPM under him!

3. Dr M made known his wish for Najib to be DPM under Pak Lah even before Pak Lah announced his candidate (at that time Najib and Muhyiddin were the favourites), depriving Pak Lah of his own choice. Now Dr M also does not like Najib to replace Pak Lah.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tak Dak Nama 3

Anonymous said...

ini tak dak nama 3 pun mereng jugak.kan tun pun kata dah kelemahan dia memilih org2 disekelilingnya.dia mengaku, so apa nak bising2 lagi.
lagi pun mcm tun kata masa dia pilih itu orang punyalah baik,pijak semut pun tak mati,tapi lepas dipilih tukar kulit.mana boleh gerenti perangai manusia.apalah tak dak nama 3.