KUALA LUMPUR: Pro-Umno bloggers in Selangor are “up in arms” against Umno deputy liaison chief Noh Omar for his “indifferent attitude” towards the role of these bloggers in helping the party.
To make matters worse, the bloggers felt “insulted and slighted” when Noh used the phrase “wolves in sheep's clothing” in his blog, to describe these bloggers who wanted to help Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno take back the state from Pakatan Rakyat.
Some of the bloggers claimed Noh’s “cold attitude” towards them stemmed from the fact that Noh has not done much in strategising or working hard to get back the state.
They claimed that in his position as deputy liaison chief, he should take the lead to raise pertinent issues for Selangor voters to think and swing their support to BN instead of “jumping the bandwagon” initiated by others.
“But until today, he does not take the lead. In fact, Dr Mohd Khir Toyo seems to be in control of the onslaught against the Pakatan state government and Khir is only an Umno liaison committee member.
“And when pro-Umno bloggers write on issues aimed at helping the state BN highlight matters so that the people can use them against the Pakatan state government, Noh branded us as wolves in sheep's clothing.
“This is truly uncalled for and Noh should be aware that we bloggers are not ‘kuching kurap’ (nobody).
“Noh does not realise or purposely ignores the fact that bloggers have their own followings regardless of whether their blogs are widely read or not.
“Bloggers' articles, whether indepth or just superficial, are scrutinised and studied by readers who are voters and Noh’s claims that we bloggers are not famous or popular may just backfire in his face,” said a blogger who wanted to remain anonymous.
Failing to pick up relevant issues
The clash between Noh and the bloggers intensified about a week ago when the latter refused to board a helicopter Noh took to get an aerial view of the illegal sand-mining sites.
Bloggers claimed that Noh should have done what Khir did -- drive to the illegal sand-mining area where the view was clearer.
They also claimed that Noh had not been mixing with the people much and when he did, issues that he raised in his talks did not reflect the true situation in Selangor.
“Worse still, he did not even read blogs or newspapers to pick relevant issues to talk in his meet-the-people sessions,” said another blogger.
With the clash between Umno's second man in the state and pro-Umno bloggers likely to grow in intensity, BN’s efforts in trying to wrestle Selangor back appears to be a far-fetched dream.
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