UMNO Election

The contest to get a post in the coming UMNO election beginning with the branch, division and the national level beginning next month is getting hotter, and presumably interesting. The issue that is of interest here is not the contest nor the personality, but what is there in a post that attracts attention. There must be something rewarding that makes many people interested to vie for the post.

The thought of associating reward, influence, privileges and power to the post will be an illusion to the upcoming candidates, if UMNO wants itself to be relevant and get respect from the people in general and Malays in particular. The days whereby the successful division heads and the other committee members by virtue of their post getting privileges, projects and enrich themselves with flashy cars and beautiful houses are over. Getting all these wealth by just using their tongues and teeth is no longer acceptable when other people had to toil their hands and brains to achieve the hard earned gains. This is one of the factors that led the young voters shy away and voted for the oppositions.

To the aspiring candidates. Ask yourself this pertinent question. Are you aspiring for wealth and power that comes with the post? If you have this in mind then you might as well forget the dreams. The current thinking of the people is they wanted a sincere leader that can lead the party back in shape and play the role of a national party leading the other members of the alliance. The party and the country needs leaders who have the imagination, courage and most importantly not thinking of reward but full of sacrifices. This is much lacking if you are bothered to ask yourself how you managed to attain all the wealth in a short span of time.

To all UMNO aspiring leaders; this article is not meant to belittle you, but to make you realize that the Malays in particular which you are supposed to lead and represent has been left far behind in all fields except the increase in the number of drug addicts and the Mat Rempit menace, which nobody wants to associate with. In economy and business, in education and now in politics, the Malays are well behind and the pace is getting wider. If you continue to fight among yourselves for the post and care for yourself and indifferent to these issues, then you will be sorry, in the event the 13th general election will be held earlier than expected.

So, aspiring UMNO leaders; think wisely and don’t waste time lobbying for post if you think that you don’t have the material to be new branded leaders. In short we now care substance rather than form for new generation of leaders. To the leaders who have outshined themselves just accept that enough is enough and sacrifice yourself if you cannot keep up with the new demanding pace. May god bless all of us.