It's not the party, but a leader with high magnanimity that matters

It’s not an easy undertaking for BN of the day to administer this nation without achieving clear and comprehensible victory like in the recently concluded General Election. This is the second consecutive term BN be given the mandate with very lean majority. This time around BN secured lesser number of seats of just 133 and it is almost as good as having a hung Parliament. BN, in particular UMNO will soon be proven irrelevant completely in another round of election.

The other component parties in the coalition are already unrecognizable, especially to the young and first time voters. The parties have turned out to be an oversized and heavy baggage for UMNO as the Chinese voters have deserted the parties (MCA and Gerakan) they used to dominate. MCA retains a negligible number of seven seats altogether while Gerakan is wiped out with one consolation seat in Simpang Rengam, Johor.

The truth remains, UMNO is facing very severe leadership crisis, both from the ordinary public like us and from within the party itself. UMNO just cannot sustain its existence anymore. BN is beleaguered by deteriorating support of the rakyat in addition to their intra party problems within individual parties in the coalition. If there is no immediate solution taken by their leaders, similarly by their members, BN will soon be history.

Who, what and how to solve these perennial problems faced by BN, in particular UMNO as the back bone to the coalition? If these problems are not addressed and mitigated instantaneously, there will not be any moral likelihood that the current PM should be anywhere around power anymore. He is a failed leader, a failed administrator, a failed politician and of course that will lead him to be a failed Prime Minister.

Let us ask ourselves, who should be the alternative PM? Can the customary mode of finding the alternative by endorsing the next in line leader, in this case Muhyiddin, to be an automatic choice? To me, if that is the option, we might as well don’t change at all. It is not going to change anything.

Let us all get alerted that these leaders within the UMNO Supreme Council members are those who come from the same mould. They have the same political culture, similar attitude and of course with same aptitude. All those so-called leaders in the party’s supreme council are akin to each other.

If anyone of them becomes the alternative to Najib they will together work hand in glove to enhance corrupt practices in the government. We will witness recurrence and reappearance of the same kind of federal government we despise. So if Najib succumbs to pressure within the party to hand the power to his next of kin (Muhyiddin), then Najib is committing another full-size blunder and transgression to the people.

Realistically the person to replace Najib should be a non-controversial leader with high magnanimity and gratifying experiences. That leader may hail either from UMNO or Pakatan Rakyat. Choosing an alternative based on party line is no longer feasible, as both sides of the divide are having more or less the same idiosyncrasies that may be nonconforming to the needs of the current political situation.

We should not be asking which party rules. We should now ask for the most viable individual to lead and restart the nation all over again. Now all efforts should be in search for, which individual is the fittest to kick start this huge national plan for the future? He should be an individual who is capable of bringing everyone at a negotiating table to restart the nation anew.

The man or individual must not be a leader who is impregnated with moral issues from any side of the warring parties. It has to be someone who is truly magnanimous who can command reverences and regards from the cross-sections of our multiracial Malaysians.

Once done we will be able to bring the mind of everyone in a new facets of the nation's politics. The new politics will be a true alliance of all Malaysian to move forward with united spirit for progress and above all that, our ultimate for national unity can be accomplished.