In both MCA and UMNO camps, and Desi enjoys some real good bytes in Port Dickson -- more specifically, LUKUT -- as he gulps down "duck ala "suckling piglet" roasted. big sized prawns ala Indian Desi-spicey richly-embedded in onions mouthful bites, and ah, for Terence N matey plu two of his PD-resident buddies, washed down with beer while this humble servant cometh alcohol-shandy close neighour Sprite in the absence of 7-UP:)
OK, we all now know BN second largest party is in shambles -- divided into two right down the middle, with some fence sitters from UMNO and what'shisnameTiongSingKing who want to be king-makers. And the EGM outcomes yesterday showed the party leadership is in limbo -- neither incumbeent president Ong Tee Keat or his deposed deputy Dr Chua Soi Lek are wanted by the members, as re[presented by the ballots cast by some 2,400 delegates.
And what about UMNO? Can it now laugh with glee behind MCA's backs? Ah, the last laugh might just desserts be on the BN BIG brother when the results of the Bagan Pinang by-election would be in in another four hours (as I write this line, it's 4.43PM, Sunday 11 Oct 2009). 10.10.10 sealed OTK's fate, re-sealed CSL's.
In the little town of BP, some 13,664 humble voters but mighty VIP for the last ten days, courted by federal Ministers none less than PM and DPM and a coterie of ....-carrriers, and Oppoisition ...wigs like DSAI, LKS, Hadi Awang pushing ethir candiadtes -- former MB of Nine States (NS) Isa Samad and PAS NS commissioner Zulkefle Omar to be the new ADUP for Bagan Pinang.
The harsh reality is that UMNO might win the battle in today's by-election, but it will lose the war come GE13, due in 2013, more likely to be called earlier.
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I'm taking a commercial break NOW, so enjoy some morself from the ***MM:
LINK***: http://www.malaysianmirror.com/homedetail/45-home/14937-ku-li-better-for-umno-to-lose-bagan-pinang
Ku Li: Better for Umno to lose Bagan Pinang
Sunday, 11 October 2009 12:43
KUALA LUMPUR - Umno veteran, and some say contrarian, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has raised eyebrows yet again with a statement that perhaps it would be better for the party to lose at Bagan Pinang.
“For the good of the party, the dignity of the Malay community it claims to represent and for the sake of the nationwide reform in governance and politics that we must undergo, it would be better if Umno lost today, and used the loss to begin internal reform,” Razaleigh said in his latest blog posting.
Ku Li, as he is better known, is not alone in his anger that the party’s current top leadership chose to select Isa Abdul Samad as its candidate in the Bagan Pinang by-election.
Former Umno president Mahathir Mohamad too has minced no words on the subject, even offering himself if the party had no other talent.
Not the right model
Isa was mentri besar of Negri Sembilan for 22 years until he was promoted to the federal cabinet in 2004.
Nevertheless, that same year, his career hit a major speed bump when he was found guilty of corruption and vote-buying in the Umno election. He was sacked from his posts and suspended for three years.
“A win by Isa would translate into an endorsement of corruption-as-usual within the party and the government that it leads,” said Ku Li.
“Corruption is the scourge of the country. Umno is a step away from being identified with that scourge.”
Upset unlikely but not impossible
The contest for the state seat is being balloted today. Voting will close at 5pm and the results due to be announced before 8pm.
So far, the Election Commission reports the process has been fairly smooth although there have been several scuffles between supporters of Umno and PAS.
Isa is facing PAS state commissioner Zulkefly Omar. He is widely expected to thump the relatively unknown Zulkefly, although an upset is not impossible.
“Don’t underestimate the righteousness of the Bagan Pinang people or even the Umno voters. Right now, Isa looks like a shinning jewel but the people may see through the glitter and opt to send a message to the top leadership,” a political watcher told Malaysian Mirror.
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The Other harsh reality is that in succeeding to overcome Ong Tee Keat by backing a NO-CONFIDENCE vote, Dr Chua Soi Lek had won his battle, but he also LOST the war for his party. What use is a parrty if it is split into two almost equal parts, and become potentialprey to vultures like big brother UMNO and suckers like TSKing? And the Rakyat also LOST because without OTK at MCA's helm, the multi-bllion Port Klang Free Zone scandal will be nicely covered up. ++++Digest this from the Malaysian Insider:( And many socalled "national servicemen" manning the zone are laughing all the way to the bank!:( BTW, That "scowl" is from the Rakyat!...potenitally being robbbed bof RM12.5BILLION!
Desi's reality bite is that he's able to enjoy great food by PD restaurants-- and the 13,664 Bagan Pinang voters oo with aan unexpected ang-pow from Isa and his moneybagmen? -- we the Rakay share the views of UMNO elders like Tengku Razaleight and even the man for all UMNO political seasons, Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Come, raise a cuplet of Puerh tea to Thee,my EsteemedReaders,
for a possible darmatic upset that David from PR/PAS may yet overcome the Goliath from UMNO -- heard about DIVINE INTERVENTION?
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Najib hints that Ong should go
Najib is telling Ong to go and make way for a new leader. — file pic
By Clara Chooi
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 - Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today dropped some not-so-subtle hints that MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat should step down as MCA president.
The prime minister told a press conference that since the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) was the highest meeting authority in any party structure, the MCA leadership was confined to accepting the results of yesterday’s controversial meeting.
In a nutshell, Najib is telling Ong to go and make way for a new leader, whomever he or she may be.
During yesterday’s dramatic EGM, MCA central delegates did the unexpected – they booted out both Ong and his estranged deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek by voting on three resolutions.
Ong had lost the vote of confidence against his leadership and Dr Chua had successfully gotten his sacking annulled but failed to retain his deputy president’s post.
Despite the decision, Ong still has the choice of clinging to his post as president since the party constitution stipulates that he can only be removed if two-thirds of the party’s central delegates voted against him.
In the EGM, Ong lost the confidence motion by 1155 against 1141 votes, a wafer-thin majority of 14 votes.
As such, the straight-talking president did not do what most had expected him to do and step down graciously from his post immediately. Instead, he said that the party’s CC would first meet (this Thursday) to deliberate on the matter before delivering its decision.
Najib’s statement today however, delivers a big blow that would surely further dent Ong’s already bruised ego. If anything, Najib has clearly indicated that Ong is no longer the right person to lead the second biggest component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN).
“I really hope the MCA leadership would make a decision quickly to repair the party and return the confidence of its members and the people in it.
“Hence, whatever decisions that the CC plans to make later, must be based on the decisions made in yesterday’s EGM,” he said after launching the book “Helming the Times”, a compilation of his speeches on Malaysian politics and the weaknesses in Umno, in Mid Valley Megamall here this morning.
When asked however if he was directly telling Ong to resign from his post, Najib cryptically said:
“What I am saying is that whatever it is, the decisions from the EGM has the highest authority within the MCA or any party – it must form the basis for the leadership solution in the party.
“I believe and trust that the leaders of MCA know that is needed to restore the credibility and confidence in the leadership of MCA.”
Without being specific, Najib also firmly reprimanded MCA leaders for allowing their internal party bickering to drag on and further tarnish BN’s already blackened image and said the party needed to straighten up and fly right, real soon.
He said that it was important for MCA to become a strong force in the BN and to do so, the party’s leadership needed to be credible and effective.
“The MCA leadership also has to be capable of maintaining the support of the Chinese community in backing the BN.
“As such, the leadership must settle its problems and internal matters in such a manner that they would not be repeated,” he said.
Najib also said that all parties within the BN should respect the results of the EGM for it was based on the decisions and actions taken by MCA’s members themselves.
“If we take a course of action that is based on our wisdom and we put the importance of the BN and the MCA at the forefront, then I believe that the MCA can return as a strong and stable friend in the BN,” he said.
Najib brushed aside speculation MCA would soon become like the MIC, which is widely speculated to soon be replaced by the newly launched Makkal Sakti party to represent the Indian community.
“No, no, no, no, no. I never said Makkal Sakti would replace the MIC. All I said was that we in the BN are willing to work with any party or non-governmental organisation that is in support of the government,” he said.
In fact, Najib added, Umno was also willing to help MCA to settle its problems but would do so only if the Chinese-based component party wanted its help.
“We are willing to help only for as long as they want us to help out. I don’t want Umno to be misinterpreted as interfering in the affairs of the MCA,” he said.
DESIDERATA: Should we the Rakyat drop hints that even if Isa won with a reduced majority, or badder steal, Zulkeflee upset with a dramatic win later today? -- the Prime Minister should just take a bow? Ah, Eeality sometimes is an imitaion of the work of fiction, and Desi's trying to make IT to Hollywood. Holy cow, did I spy a suckling piglet on the Hee Lai Ton's table from mGf Liew Senor, who bets that Isa would win by more than 2k, and I said less than? I know "gambling" in NegaraKu is illegal, so am I a potential arrestee by going public?
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