Umno needs to be exciting again: Muhyiddin

MANAMA (Bahrain): Umno needs to return the “wow” factor that used to make the public sit up, take notice and want to be part of the party, Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Commenting on Umno’s Kuala Terengganu by-election loss, Muhyiddin said although Barisan Nasional and Umno had brought development to the country, it appeared to be insufficient.
“The people want radical improvements after what happened in the last election. We must be able to do something that would attract the public.”
Muhyiddin said change within Umno and Barisan had to happen as quickly as possible or they would lose the next general election.
“Incoming Umno president Datuk Seri Najib will have to perform politicalsurgery,” he said to reporters on the sidelines of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s official visit to Bahrain.
Muhyiddin said there was a need to reinvent and not just rebrand.
“This will be a big exercise because Barisan is big. How to change? It is not just at the top and has to filter all the way down.”
Muhyiddin although analysis could be made about the local conditions that caused Barisan and Umno to be defeated in Kuala Terengganu, there was a need to look at the bigger picture.
“Now, what it more important is what the voter thinks of us and not what we think about them. Their expectations have changed.
“The party cannot survive with temporary setbacks. The people will think Umno’s talk is just rhetoric and no action,” he said.
Muhyiddin said a new format, spirit and approach was needed for Barisan and that everyone had to be concerned as it was a serious message sent out by voters.
“Umno has not changed since the March general election. Plans made after the big loss have not been operationalised all the way down.”

tunku : najib has tonnes of work to do now, not only to perform political surgery but also clean sweep all the dirts cause by pak lah and kj.because of them everyone have to suffer.