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“UMNO is already over 61 years old and is experiencing ‘penyakit tua’ (old age sickness) which cannot be remedied by senior citizens but rather the younger generations with new ideas”
Musa Hitam, 22nd October 2008
Musa is wrong when he says UMNO is over 61. He has forgotten (Mahathir was right when he said ‘Melayu mudah lupa’) that UMNO had ‘died’ of ‘not’ old age but sudden ’stroke’ and ‘heart attack’ at a rather not-so-old age. That was in 1987 when UMNO was declared illegal (thanks to Mahathir of course) by the court. Without going into detail of what had taken place, …read more

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Malaysiakini reported:
Umno vice-president Muhyiddin Yassin said he has invited former party president Dr Mahathir Mohamad to rejoin Umno to help “fix the problems” afflicting the party.
Image credit and source: Malaysiakini:
First of all, Mahathir can’t re-join UMNO. UMNO was declared an illegal party by the court during Mahathir’e era and from his own doing. Mahathir can only re-join UMNO Baru, the same party he quit to express his displeasure on Pak Lah.
Secondly, Muhyiddin forgot (hmmm Melayu mudah lupa) that this mess that he asked Mahathir to fix are actually inherited by Pak Lah from Mahathir when the latter was forced to …read more

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Well, Muhyiddin’s concern about UMNO Baru’s critical conditions due to rampant corruption within UMNO Baru is neither new nor shocking. Mahathir also had been preaching about this during his hey days at the top of the UMNO Baru leadership and he still does it now even though he is no more a member of UMNO Baru..
Strange isn’t it? While Muhyiddin is saying:

“I’ve received unofficial reports that it has become rampant at all levels and it is frightening if this becomes normal practice in future. It is sad if one day, the people see this problem as synonymous with Umno. The …read more

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So Malaysiakini report had confirmed that Ezam has met Pak Lah and submitted his application form to return to UMNO Baru…. for life.
Former PKR Youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor held a 30-minute meeting with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament today to submit his application form and a RM100 in lifetime membership fee to rejoin Umno.
Immediately after the meeting, Abdullah held a press conference in which he welcomed Ezam back into Umno.
Ezam was also present but did not say anything. He will hold his own press conference tomorrow morning at 11am.
Source : Malaysiakini
It will be very interesting to see …read more

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If the news about Ezam re-joining UMNO Baru is true, there is only one phrase I could use to describe his move…. bad taste.
How else can I describe his move? The majority of Malaysian population had rejected UMNO Baru as proven in the recently concluded general election. Even Mahathir had quit UMNO Baru…. although for a different reason. And yet Ezam wanted to re-join UMNO Baru? At this juncture?
Think again Ezam! Don’t fool yourself…. UMNO Baru is not for you… not after what you have been preaching while you were in PKR and now in Gerak. Oh… I understand …read more

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Mahathir actually did not quit UMNO laa. Please…. he quit UMNO Baru. The original UMNO party that was formed 62 years ago had been declared unlawful by the court during Mahathir’s administration. So Mahathir formed UMNO Baru and that is the party that had been the main component of the Barisan Nasional ever since. Now Mahathir had quit the party he himself formed in 1987. Well…. what can I say except…. sayonara Mahathir. Musa Hitam said ‘duri dalam daging dah terkeluar‘ (literally trnslated: thorn in the flesh has come out).
I urge all bloggers to refer UMNO using its full name …read more

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