And So It Begins...

Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir on the 12th of March sent a letter to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pleading him to resign as the President of UMNO and consequently the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The same letter was also carbon copied to the UMNO Deputy President, UMNO Secretary General and UMNO Vice Presidents. The content of the letter can be looked up here.

Finally, there is someone inside UMNO who is willing to voice out their opinion. I am not supporting nor not supporting Mukhriz but I am keen to see more freedom of speech within UMNO. Whatever Pak Lah’s decision is, with regards to the letter, I think, the reason Mukhriz is so bold (I don’t want to use the word brave) is because he obviously thinks that he has nothing to lose.

First of all, the worst thing that could happen to him is he will lose his UMNO Youth EXCO position. UMNO leadership will not sack him from the party because that would ultimately expel him from Barisan Nasional. If that happens, BN would lose one seat in the parliament – something which, I believe UMNO is not keen to see happening. So, at least, for the next four or five years, Mukhriz would remain in UMNO and as MP for Jerlun.

This letter could trigger only two things, first, UMNO members would unite behind Pak Lah and assassinate Mukhriz’s political career. Second, UMNO members would unite behind Mukhriz and topple Pak Lah’s leadership. The next few months in the run-up to UMNO party election in August will be very interesting indeed.

On another matter, Datuk Seri Chua Jui Meng had called Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting to resign due to MCA bad performance in the last election. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim blamed Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid and Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad as the culprit behind him not being re-appointed as the Menteri Besar of Perlis. Interesting.

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