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Umno politics are all about money, not the rakyat dan negara (people and country)

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Umno politics are all about money, not the rakyat dan negara (people and country)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22, 2024: Ever wondered why Umno is today in the dumps?

Umno money politics is killing the party but its leaders continue politicking in denial.

And it continues to dabble in racial and religious bigotry with the believe that it can win back power by doing so.

No? Then what is the racial and religious bigoted Umno youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh about? If Umno is for the rakyat dan negara, why is it threatening national unity and harmony with bigotry?

In the 15th General Election, Umno was significantly rejected by Malaysia, leaving it with only 26 seats in the 222-seat Parliament.

The way it continues to pedal as a racist and religious party, Umno is likely to be even further rejected by the non-Malays and may even be left seatless in Parliament in the next general election which is due in 2027.

Umno politics are all about money, nothing else. Not about rakyat dan negara (people and country).

If it claims that is rubbish and Umno is for the rakyat dan negara, this is my response: 

Go ask former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam whether that is true:

No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news report on what Musa says about Umno:

Dr M preferred me to Ku Li as I was a ‘dumb’ politician, says Musa

Elill Easwaran-21 May 2024, 04:38 PM

Former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam says he did not challenge Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the Umno presidency because he lacked the funds.

Musa Hitam (centre) with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the launch of the book “Ku Li: Memoir 205” today. Joining them is the author Zinitulniza Abdul Kadir.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam said Dr Mahathir Mohamad preferred him over Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as his deputy because Musa was a “dumb” politician.

Speaking at the launch of the book “Ku Li: Memoir 205”, Musa described Tengku Razaleigh, commonly known as Ku Li, as former prime minister Mahathir’s “biggest problem” and “immediate threat” to his position.

“For Mahathir, between me and Tengku Razaleigh… I was a better choice (as deputy prime minister) because I was dumb and I didn’t have much money,” Musa said.

“In my opinion, if history was different, there is no doubt in my mind that Tengku Razaleigh would have been a prime minister.”

Tengku Razaleigh was the finance minister from 1976 to 1984 and helmed the trade and industry ministry from 1984 to 1987. Mahathir was prime minister from 1981 to 2003, while Musa was his deputy from 1981 to 1986.

The relationship between Tengku Razaleigh and Mahathir soured in the 1980s, and culminated with the former challenging Mahathir for the Umno presidency in 1987. This led to an open split in the Malay party.

In 1989, Tengku Razaleigh co-founded the now defunct Semangat 46, which was formed as a splinter of Umno. However, in 1996, he disbanded Semangat 46 and re-joined Umno.

Tengku Razaleigh holds the record for the nation’s longest-serving MP. He lost the Gua Musang seat by a razor-thin margin of 163 votes to Perikatan Nasional’s Azizi Abu Naim in the last general election (GE15) in November 2022.

Asked why he did not go against Mahathir for Umno’s top post, Musa said: “I was being realistic. I did not have the cash to compete against him.

“The issue of money in politics is the biggest challenge for any politician.”

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