Losing Faith?

In any brainstorming session, there will draw some conclusions; some are useful as reference and some are 'syok' sendiri. Below is an article retract from Malaysian Insider:

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Umno Losing Faith in Barisan Partners
(Malaysian Insider)

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Umno’s patience and confidence with the current power-sharing agreement with its partners in Barisan Nasional is wearing thin, judging by sentiments expressed during a closed-door retreat in Janda Baik.


During this rare three-day gathering of Umno divisions, which ended yesterday, a common refrain heard was that Umno should be less generous in giving up Malay-majority seats to representatives of MCA, MIC, Gerakan and other component parties.


The general view among division chiefs was that the component parties were much weaker than Umno and would not be able to swing votes from the non-Malays or the Malays.


In contrast, a strong Umno was better placed to win in Malay-majority seats.


The Malaysian Insider understands that party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak and senior party officials who attended the retreat — aimed at boosting the morale of grassroots leaders — were non-committal on the request for Umno to be less charitable in seat allocation with BN component parties.

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“If a seat has 55 or 60 per cent Malay voters, it makes sense to field an Umno candidate. In the last election, we gave seats in Perak and Selangor to other parties and they were not able to deliver.

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During the retreat, officials were also in agreement that Umno’s/BN’s fortunes rested on the ruling party strengthening its standing among Malay voters — a backhanded acknowledgment that it was not pinning much hopes on getting support from non-Malays at the next general election.


This sentiment is consistent with the growing right-wing tendencies that party officials have exhibited in recent months.


There was little substantive discussion on how the party can reach out to Chinese and Indians who Umno officials have alienated in recent months.

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Comments (30)

Do read the 30 comments, that are the response from the people. While party members's sentiments cannot be totally ignored, people's feeling should not be ignored either.


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