Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Rais tanding Naib Presiden

PUTRAJAYA 2 Jun - Menteri Luar, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim menjadi pemimpin UMNO ketujuh menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Naib Presiden pada pemilihan parti Disember ini.
Bagaimanapun kesediaan beliau berbuat demikian dengan syarat sistem kuota kelayakan bertanding dihapuskan terlebih dahulu.
Menurutnya, sikap enggan mengumumkan pendirian bertanding jawatan itu sebelum ini berpunca kerana dirinya masih beranggapan bahagian-bahagian UMNO masih cenderung kepada perilaku 'mata duitan'.
''Saya sendiri pernah mengalami perkara ini beberapa tahun lalu sebab saya ini jenis yang tidak berduit.
''Kerana itu saya tidak melonjakkan apa-apa ramalan atau pendirian untuk bertanding. Namun jika tiada sistem kuota tetapi sekadar dua (bahagian) mencadang dan satu (bahagian menyokong), saya sedia bertanding Naib Presiden.
''Pemimpin-pemimpin besar dalam UMNO tidak harus gusar (jika sistem kuota dihapuskan), saya percaya rekod anda akan dinilai dengan sebaik-baiknya oleh ahli-ahli parti," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Enam pemimpin lain yang telah menawarkan diri bertanding jawatan Naib Presiden ialah penyandangnya, Datuk Seri Mohd. Ali Rustam; Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein; Ahli Majlis Tertinggi (MT) UMNO, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi; Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob; bekas Menteri Besar Perlis, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim dan bekas Ketua Menteri Melaka, Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik.
Mengikut peraturan yang diluluskan pada Perhimpunan Agung Khas UMNO Oktober 1988, kelayakan untuk bertanding jawatan Naib Presiden memerlukan sokongan daripada 10 peratus atau 19 bahagian daripada keseluruhan 191 bahagian parti di seluruh negara.
Pemilihan UMNO akan bermula di peringkat cawangan dari 17 Julai hingga 24 Ogos ini, disusuli peringkat bahagian (9 Oktober hingga 9 November) sebelum pemilihan peringkat Pusat ditentukan oleh sekurang-kurangnya 1,700 perwakilan pada Perhimpunan Agung parti dari 16 hingga 12 Disember.
Dalam pada itu, Rais yang ditanya tentang kenyataan Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad bahawa beliau adalah antara empat calon yang dianggap paling layak oleh bekas Presiden UMNO itu untuk mengambil alih tempat Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata: ''Saya hargai pandangan beliau tetapi saya telah 'ukur baju di badan sendiri' bahawa jawatan Naib Presiden sahaja kelayakan saya. Bagi jawatan Presiden dan Timbalan Presiden biarlah sesiapa nak bertanding, janganlah sekat."
Mengulas mengenai perjumpaan ahli-ahli MT pada Khamis dan Jumaat ini di Shah Alam, Rais berkata, ia akan membincangkan pandangan mengenai perjuangan tulen parti.
Kata beliau, antara yang dijangka dibincangkan ialah soal sistem kuota kelayakan bertanding selain untuk memberi penghormatan kepada UMNO bahagian terutama semasa membuat pencalonan dan cadangan pada perhimpunan agung nanti.
''MT UMNO akan mengadakan perbincangan dari hati ke hati dan semua pihak akan memberi pandangan secara ikhlas.
''Dan bagi saya, para pemimpin UMNO perlu menyisihkan soal antara setia pada parti dan menjadi pengikut kepada mana-mana pihak. Sikap untuk menjadi pak turut tidak wajar dibiarkan berterusan sehingga merencatkan perjuangan parti," katanya.

tunku : by credibility rais should fight for higher post than the vice president.anyway he should to be one of the vice president.this man is brilliant and should be made the de facto law minister not zaid ibrahim. if he had head the batu putih team from earlier the verdict will be different right now. there is none of the six people who announce that they will fight for the vice presidency post who are capable to bring umno into the next level. zahid,hisham,rahim tambychik,adnan yaakob,shahidan kassim adn ali rustam is considered outdated and not well received by the grass roots. one leader from sabah should be the vice president.to me people like rais, khir toyo and may be shafie afdal will be a good choice for the vice presidency post. rais can concentrate on seniors support ,khir toyo the youth group support and shafie can get sabah support.

4 comments:

Hamdan said...

Rais for President! Eh it sounds in tandem with everything that happens lately. Come on Rais take the challenge while the `semangat Batu Puteh and Middle Rocks' is still there. If I were you I would go for broke, after all we are all history in the making and who knows you are very much a part of that history.

Tok Kemuning said...

Frankly i think Rais is a good material for Presidency.Maybe we all should start to think of Rais as UMNO President and Mahyuddin as Deputy President. Giving this new scenerio what could be accomplished for the betterment of the Party.

Nothing wrong to challenge the President post as this would energize the free flow of democratic process in the Party. When the democractic process is flowing it would energize UMNO for a new challenge.

Party unity actually just a slogan that has been abused by certain leader that is weak and worry to be challenged. The reality is that by having the post contested it would benefit the party in a long run. All the weaknesses would surface and could be identified for improvement.

Watan Marhaen said...

I beg to differ since the reasoning for the Pedra Branca being given to Singapore was because Malaysia has not done anything effective to claim its sovereignty for over 100 years. It is doubtful if he managed to done differently. Batu Putih being Pedra Branca was an act of teason by previous leaders!

Anonymous said...

Just wonder...
when we gave Singapore independence in the 1960s,
didn't we specify what's theirs and what's ours????
If not, how can we forgot about this?
If yes, didn't we submit the document?

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