It’s so remorseful and apologetic to bear seeing UMNO and BN being ostracized to this extent at Permatang Pauh on the 26th August by-election.
The humiliation is too excruciating and God knows what would happen next as UMNO is still in denial to the actuality that the people are just unbending to reject the ruling party.
Paralleling to UMNO’s serious injury is the uncomforting statements by the component parties which indicated their displeasure towards us and this can drive us crazy.
The component is blaming us and the sense of insecurity expressed by Muhyiddin Yassin should be taken seriously by everybody and everyone in UMNO irrespective whether one holds positions in the party.
I am convinced that Muhyiddin has the clue as to what is going to happen to UMNO if changes do not happen in UMNO.
To simplistic mind of the young group of UMNO members they don’t compute how significant it is to survive UMNO as it has close correlation to the survival of their race and religion as well as to their generations.
If Muhyiddin is able to comprehend and compute the seriousness of the disease faced by UMNO he should put his personal interest behind him and come forward to find solutions with few other leaders who have the influence to change.
We must resign to the fact that the disease UMNO is facing right now is at a terminal stage.
Let me tell everyone, and that includes Muhyiddin; whoever is brave to go through this rough political storm will be the leader for the very near future.
It wouldn’t take a long time from now on, as God would only bequeath its blessing to someone who is brave enough to assist Tengku Razaleigh in weathering the storm.
UMNO needs a real fighter with truthful personality. UMNO needs a few brave leaders to fight head on with leaders who vandalize the party.
Rakyat is looking at us at close-up distance and they can see very clearly to what we do; bad or good.
The rakyat want security; they are in dire need to be ruled by sincere and magnanimous leaders and strong government.
They want leaders with clean image with no moral issues running against them.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin! Just stop wailing! Buck up and come with us to change UMNO back to preeminent status which we used to enjoy with.
Just stretch a bit of your muscle………the agony will be over.
God blessings are around us except that they come in disguise.
Thanks……………………Aspan Alias
30 August 2008
28 August 2008
Who fits the cap?
UMNO is now facing real trouble after almost 3 decades of carelessness of its leaders by playing dirty and deceiving games.
To leaders especially the big ones who are now in retirement must see the result of your misendeaver and mischievous acts while you were in power.
At least there are still a few still living and by all means be happy to see what is going on now and enjoy it to the fullest.
You see it for yourself the consequent of your act of betrayal and it has become the norms in UMNO politics of today.
You were the ones who sidelined good and potential leaders created by Tun Razak and leaders before that.
You ‘divide and rule’ the party and the government as you wanted to be at the wheel far too long with clear image of selfishness.
Now you are the ones who are making noise all over the country and blamed the weak leaders of the country for not being able to manage the nation fittingly.
Along the way one by one good and viable leaders were sidelined and you enjoyed for long years without any qualm watching and witnessing good leaders crashed and subsequently went into oblivion.
You enjoyed your time in power immensely, and overlooked the potential negative sequence of events which drive us to this critical situation.
If you can retire in bed happily every night than it confirms that you have no heart for the party and your race and Malaysians as a whole.
Many may ask, whom do I mean?
My answer is simple, “Whoever suits the cap, just put it on”.
Thanks…………………………………Aspan Alias.
To leaders especially the big ones who are now in retirement must see the result of your misendeaver and mischievous acts while you were in power.
At least there are still a few still living and by all means be happy to see what is going on now and enjoy it to the fullest.
You see it for yourself the consequent of your act of betrayal and it has become the norms in UMNO politics of today.
You were the ones who sidelined good and potential leaders created by Tun Razak and leaders before that.
You ‘divide and rule’ the party and the government as you wanted to be at the wheel far too long with clear image of selfishness.
Now you are the ones who are making noise all over the country and blamed the weak leaders of the country for not being able to manage the nation fittingly.
Along the way one by one good and viable leaders were sidelined and you enjoyed for long years without any qualm watching and witnessing good leaders crashed and subsequently went into oblivion.
You enjoyed your time in power immensely, and overlooked the potential negative sequence of events which drive us to this critical situation.
If you can retire in bed happily every night than it confirms that you have no heart for the party and your race and Malaysians as a whole.
Many may ask, whom do I mean?
My answer is simple, “Whoever suits the cap, just put it on”.
Thanks…………………………………Aspan Alias.
Permatang Pauh: Bad Omen for BN
We have lost humiliatingly in the Permatang Pauh by election; now with even bigger majority of 15,671 votes…it’s grievous.
This by-election was the mother of elections as it will chart a new political landscape of the country and has proved a lot of idiosyncrasies of current political behavior of the people and the nation.
The result was in fact unsurprising as our BN and UMNO leaders were outpaced by the opposition party in all turfs right from day one as BN was so focused on personal issues and nothing was talked about other pressing issues pertaining to the rakyat.
The rakyat is again sending strong message that they are giving vote of no confidence to the Prime Minister and his deputy who was the commander in charge of the by-election.
Despite of unrelenting efforts by the ruling party to ridicule Anwar the voters still say “Fuck off” to our party and leaders without qualm.
What do we learn out of this upsetting defeat? Surely we learn at least little stuff of politics with this expensive lesson.
At the very least Najib who headed the by-election campaign has to admit that he has failed wretchedly as how he had failed miserably in the last General Election.
Through this by election, Najib earned disrespect, mockery and circumvention of support from the very own UMNO members in Permatang Pauh as well as from the neighboring constituencies.
They just abhorred the presence of Najib in the election as he himself was negatively perceived by the people with too many personal issues running against him.
He should now resign as a matter of principle as he is totally rejected and he is of no significance to the eyes of the people anymore…in fact he is a yoke to the party.
He should withdraw himself from all responsibilities in the party and government as the spirit of democracy warrants him to do so.
He should discuss seriously with Abdullah to resign together and leave everything to us and the rest of the party members to decide on their successors.
They shouldn’t be taking too much time to arrive at this decision as the matter is too serious that needs instantaneous attention from Abdullah and Najib.
The people are waiting anxiously for their retirements and they have signaled the top leadership to do so through the last General Election and the just wrapped up by-election in Permatang Pauh.
Staying put at their respective positions would eventually destroy UMNO and the government, and we do not want to be the grieving recipients to their misadventures any longer.
I am no supporter of Anwar, and never will be, but Anwar’s victory in Permatang Pauh is a very sharp and perfect yardstick to gauge the acceptability of BN by the general voting public.
Anwar wouldn’t be this important if their nauseating feelings towards the leadership and the government were addressed fittingly.
Through and through our leaders were harping only on sodomy issues and were hiding behind Saiful’s ass, and that created and built up massive hatred towards BN.
Let us not discuss on the reasons of the defeat; it has been done too extensively.
UMNO must change, the current leaders must sacrifice, the members must look at suitable angle of struggles and it has to be done without wasting much time anymore.
Abdullah, Najib and the rest of the present line-up must face UMNO members and just surrender and admit mistakes they have committed.
They must allow somebody else to lead, and that is the only choice available to save the party from going through total oblivion.
We are still fortunate that we have a leader like Tengku Razaleigh who has been sidelined by his political competitors for 3 decades and that he is still around to mend the fences from further annihilation.
What is needed is just an understanding of the grassroot members and the willingness of the leaders at all levels to accept this very simple fact that the party needs a new environment of politics…and Tengku Razaleigh is the only life line available.
That would save the party from falling apart.
Thanks……………………………Aspan Alias
This by-election was the mother of elections as it will chart a new political landscape of the country and has proved a lot of idiosyncrasies of current political behavior of the people and the nation.
The result was in fact unsurprising as our BN and UMNO leaders were outpaced by the opposition party in all turfs right from day one as BN was so focused on personal issues and nothing was talked about other pressing issues pertaining to the rakyat.
The rakyat is again sending strong message that they are giving vote of no confidence to the Prime Minister and his deputy who was the commander in charge of the by-election.
Despite of unrelenting efforts by the ruling party to ridicule Anwar the voters still say “Fuck off” to our party and leaders without qualm.
What do we learn out of this upsetting defeat? Surely we learn at least little stuff of politics with this expensive lesson.
At the very least Najib who headed the by-election campaign has to admit that he has failed wretchedly as how he had failed miserably in the last General Election.
Through this by election, Najib earned disrespect, mockery and circumvention of support from the very own UMNO members in Permatang Pauh as well as from the neighboring constituencies.
They just abhorred the presence of Najib in the election as he himself was negatively perceived by the people with too many personal issues running against him.
He should now resign as a matter of principle as he is totally rejected and he is of no significance to the eyes of the people anymore…in fact he is a yoke to the party.
He should withdraw himself from all responsibilities in the party and government as the spirit of democracy warrants him to do so.
He should discuss seriously with Abdullah to resign together and leave everything to us and the rest of the party members to decide on their successors.
They shouldn’t be taking too much time to arrive at this decision as the matter is too serious that needs instantaneous attention from Abdullah and Najib.
The people are waiting anxiously for their retirements and they have signaled the top leadership to do so through the last General Election and the just wrapped up by-election in Permatang Pauh.
Staying put at their respective positions would eventually destroy UMNO and the government, and we do not want to be the grieving recipients to their misadventures any longer.
I am no supporter of Anwar, and never will be, but Anwar’s victory in Permatang Pauh is a very sharp and perfect yardstick to gauge the acceptability of BN by the general voting public.
Anwar wouldn’t be this important if their nauseating feelings towards the leadership and the government were addressed fittingly.
Through and through our leaders were harping only on sodomy issues and were hiding behind Saiful’s ass, and that created and built up massive hatred towards BN.
Let us not discuss on the reasons of the defeat; it has been done too extensively.
UMNO must change, the current leaders must sacrifice, the members must look at suitable angle of struggles and it has to be done without wasting much time anymore.
Abdullah, Najib and the rest of the present line-up must face UMNO members and just surrender and admit mistakes they have committed.
They must allow somebody else to lead, and that is the only choice available to save the party from going through total oblivion.
We are still fortunate that we have a leader like Tengku Razaleigh who has been sidelined by his political competitors for 3 decades and that he is still around to mend the fences from further annihilation.
What is needed is just an understanding of the grassroot members and the willingness of the leaders at all levels to accept this very simple fact that the party needs a new environment of politics…and Tengku Razaleigh is the only life line available.
That would save the party from falling apart.
Thanks……………………………Aspan Alias
23 August 2008
Apa itu 'pengorbanan'?
Sejak saya menyertai UMNO saya selalu mendengar istilah ‘pengorbanan’ yang diucapkan oleh para pemimpin.
Ungkapan ini juga selalu disebut oleh Abdullah Badawi dan Najib, tetapi apa dia pengorbanan mereka sampai ke hari ini masih tidak nampak dipandang dan tidak didengar oleh telinga.
Selalunya pengorbanan itu difahamkan sebagai tindakan untuk menidakkan kehendak diri kita walaupun kita gemar dan berkehendakkan sesuatu itu, semata-mata untuk kebaikan seseorang atau kumpulan dan pihak-pihak lain.
‘Pengorbanan’ juga difahamkan sebagai tindakan memisahkan kita daripada apa yang ada pada pihak yang lain semata-mata untuk kebaikan umum, dan ianya boleh datang dalam bentuk wang ringgit, harta benda bahkan nyawa sekalipun.
‘Berkorban apa saja, harta atau pun nyawa’ kata P.Ramlee dalam sebuah lagunya yang sangat popular dari dahulu hingga sekarang.
Untuk mencapai sesuatu yang baik mesti ada pengorbanan. Jika kita datang daripada keluarga yang miskin kita wajib berkorban untuk keluarga jika kita sudah keluar daripada kepompong kemiskinan itu.
Kita perlu korbankan sebahagian daripada harta atau wang ringgit kita untuk menaikkan taraf kehidupan ahli keluarga seperti adik-beradik, bapa atau ibu saudara, anak-anak saudara atau sesiapa yang hampir dengan kita.
Itulah didikan yang diberikan oleh ibu saya kepada saya dan adik-beradik yang lain. Ibu saya mengingatkan saya bahawa orang yang tidak mahu berkorban itu adalah manusia yang ‘berjiwa mati'.
Dalam konteks yang lebih besar jika kita seorang pemimpin perlu ada pengorbanan untuk kebaikan negara dan rakyat yang kita pimpin.
Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman pernah berkorban dengan menjual harta benda yang beliau ada semata-mata untuk menjayakan misi mencapai kemerdekaan negara.
Rumah dan ladang-ladang beliau terjual kerana hendak membiayai usaha mencapai kemerdekaan negara kita ini. Orang ramai pula berkorban dengan menjual emas dan mengisi tabungan mengikut tahap kemampuan pengorbanan mereka.
Onn Jaafar, Ghaffar Baba, Khir Johari, Senu A Rahman, Tun Dr Ismail, Tun Abd Razak dan yang lain-lain semuanya berkorban untuk negara Malaya dan Malaysia mengikut cara masing-masing untuk Negara.
Tengku Razaleigh (TR) mengorbankan jiwa raga beliau untuk negara sebaik sahaja kembali ke tanah air selepas menamatkan pengajian beliau di United Kingdom dengan desakan pemimpin-pemimpin semasa itu seperti Tunku A Rahman, Tun Razak dan Tun Dr Ismail.
Beliau diminta mengusahakan sesuatu bagi membina asas ekonomi orang Melayu yang begitu dhaif semasa itu yang rata-ratanya miskin dan tidak ramai yang berpelajaran.
TR terus sahaja menerima tanggungjawab yang sangat besar itu dan telah berjaya merubah kedudukan dan martabat bangsa Melayu ke tahap yang dihormati oleh masyarakat asing.
Bank Bumiputra, Pernas, KUB, Bank Islam, PETRONAS, PNB, ASNB telah dijayakan oleh beliau dan hingga ke hari ini orang Melayu telah dilihat sebagai bangsa yang telah keluar daripada kopompong kemiskinan seperti yang diidamkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin besar negara semasa itu.
TR melaksanakan tugas atas tuntutan Negara dan beliau tidak dibayar imbuhan seperti gaji dan kemudahan-kemudahan yang lain semata-mata untuk berkhidmat kepada bangsanya yang sedang memerlukan pengorbanan beliau.
Ramai ahli-ahli UMNO yang masih muda tidak tahu bahawa TR telah bekerja untuk generasinya ‘free of charge’ dan tidak pun menghebohkannya kerana sifat beliau yang tulus untuk negara dan bangsanya.
Pengorbanan beliau bukan setakat itu sahaja, kerana beliau telah mengorbankan juga harta beliau untuk kepentingan UMNO.
Beliau memberikan tanah milik beliau kepada UMNO untuk membangunkan Bangunan UMNO (Putra World Trade Centre) yang dilihat megah dan gagah di kotaraya Kuala Lumpur yang kita banggakan hari ini.
Bagi pemimpin-pemimpin sekarang pengorbanan boleh diberikan dengan bermacam-macam cara untuk kebaikan parti, orang Melayu dan rakyat jelata amnya.
Untuk kebaikan negara dan rakyat amnya cara pengorbanan yang mampu dilakukan oleh Abdullah dan Najib ialah dengan mengundurkan diri daripada bergiat dalam parti kerana kegagalan mereka dalam memberikan pentadbiran yang baik kepada negara.
Berkorbanlah Abdullah, berkorbanlah Najib dengan meletakkan jawatan masing-masing supaya kami boleh membina kembali parti dan negara untuk generasi kita di hari muka.
Inilah waktunya Abdullah, Najib dan yang lain-lain untuk membuktikan bahawa mereka mampu berkorban untuk negara, dan bukannya setakat ‘menanam tebu di bibir sahaja’.
Janganlah perjudikan masa depan negara dan rakyat.
Sekian……………………….Aspan Alias
Ungkapan ini juga selalu disebut oleh Abdullah Badawi dan Najib, tetapi apa dia pengorbanan mereka sampai ke hari ini masih tidak nampak dipandang dan tidak didengar oleh telinga.
Selalunya pengorbanan itu difahamkan sebagai tindakan untuk menidakkan kehendak diri kita walaupun kita gemar dan berkehendakkan sesuatu itu, semata-mata untuk kebaikan seseorang atau kumpulan dan pihak-pihak lain.
‘Pengorbanan’ juga difahamkan sebagai tindakan memisahkan kita daripada apa yang ada pada pihak yang lain semata-mata untuk kebaikan umum, dan ianya boleh datang dalam bentuk wang ringgit, harta benda bahkan nyawa sekalipun.
‘Berkorban apa saja, harta atau pun nyawa’ kata P.Ramlee dalam sebuah lagunya yang sangat popular dari dahulu hingga sekarang.
Untuk mencapai sesuatu yang baik mesti ada pengorbanan. Jika kita datang daripada keluarga yang miskin kita wajib berkorban untuk keluarga jika kita sudah keluar daripada kepompong kemiskinan itu.
Kita perlu korbankan sebahagian daripada harta atau wang ringgit kita untuk menaikkan taraf kehidupan ahli keluarga seperti adik-beradik, bapa atau ibu saudara, anak-anak saudara atau sesiapa yang hampir dengan kita.
Itulah didikan yang diberikan oleh ibu saya kepada saya dan adik-beradik yang lain. Ibu saya mengingatkan saya bahawa orang yang tidak mahu berkorban itu adalah manusia yang ‘berjiwa mati'.
Dalam konteks yang lebih besar jika kita seorang pemimpin perlu ada pengorbanan untuk kebaikan negara dan rakyat yang kita pimpin.
Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman pernah berkorban dengan menjual harta benda yang beliau ada semata-mata untuk menjayakan misi mencapai kemerdekaan negara.
Rumah dan ladang-ladang beliau terjual kerana hendak membiayai usaha mencapai kemerdekaan negara kita ini. Orang ramai pula berkorban dengan menjual emas dan mengisi tabungan mengikut tahap kemampuan pengorbanan mereka.
Onn Jaafar, Ghaffar Baba, Khir Johari, Senu A Rahman, Tun Dr Ismail, Tun Abd Razak dan yang lain-lain semuanya berkorban untuk negara Malaya dan Malaysia mengikut cara masing-masing untuk Negara.
Tengku Razaleigh (TR) mengorbankan jiwa raga beliau untuk negara sebaik sahaja kembali ke tanah air selepas menamatkan pengajian beliau di United Kingdom dengan desakan pemimpin-pemimpin semasa itu seperti Tunku A Rahman, Tun Razak dan Tun Dr Ismail.
Beliau diminta mengusahakan sesuatu bagi membina asas ekonomi orang Melayu yang begitu dhaif semasa itu yang rata-ratanya miskin dan tidak ramai yang berpelajaran.
TR terus sahaja menerima tanggungjawab yang sangat besar itu dan telah berjaya merubah kedudukan dan martabat bangsa Melayu ke tahap yang dihormati oleh masyarakat asing.
Bank Bumiputra, Pernas, KUB, Bank Islam, PETRONAS, PNB, ASNB telah dijayakan oleh beliau dan hingga ke hari ini orang Melayu telah dilihat sebagai bangsa yang telah keluar daripada kopompong kemiskinan seperti yang diidamkan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin besar negara semasa itu.
TR melaksanakan tugas atas tuntutan Negara dan beliau tidak dibayar imbuhan seperti gaji dan kemudahan-kemudahan yang lain semata-mata untuk berkhidmat kepada bangsanya yang sedang memerlukan pengorbanan beliau.
Ramai ahli-ahli UMNO yang masih muda tidak tahu bahawa TR telah bekerja untuk generasinya ‘free of charge’ dan tidak pun menghebohkannya kerana sifat beliau yang tulus untuk negara dan bangsanya.
Pengorbanan beliau bukan setakat itu sahaja, kerana beliau telah mengorbankan juga harta beliau untuk kepentingan UMNO.
Beliau memberikan tanah milik beliau kepada UMNO untuk membangunkan Bangunan UMNO (Putra World Trade Centre) yang dilihat megah dan gagah di kotaraya Kuala Lumpur yang kita banggakan hari ini.
Bagi pemimpin-pemimpin sekarang pengorbanan boleh diberikan dengan bermacam-macam cara untuk kebaikan parti, orang Melayu dan rakyat jelata amnya.
Untuk kebaikan negara dan rakyat amnya cara pengorbanan yang mampu dilakukan oleh Abdullah dan Najib ialah dengan mengundurkan diri daripada bergiat dalam parti kerana kegagalan mereka dalam memberikan pentadbiran yang baik kepada negara.
Berkorbanlah Abdullah, berkorbanlah Najib dengan meletakkan jawatan masing-masing supaya kami boleh membina kembali parti dan negara untuk generasi kita di hari muka.
Inilah waktunya Abdullah, Najib dan yang lain-lain untuk membuktikan bahawa mereka mampu berkorban untuk negara, dan bukannya setakat ‘menanam tebu di bibir sahaja’.
Janganlah perjudikan masa depan negara dan rakyat.
Sekian……………………….Aspan Alias
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