KOTA KINABALU, Nov 14 (Bernama) -- Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it is not true that the young generation is no longer supporting Umno, it is just that they are facing obstacles to join the party.
He said that because many of them were highly qualified, they were not accepted as branch members because some of the existing branch leaders feared that their position might be in jeopardy.
"Now many Malays have (university) derees and this is a challenge to the branch heads. They fear that they may be toppled and replaced by those with better education.
"Once they have gained the post of branch heads, they refuse to let go. That's why if there are people with slightly better qualifications or are graduates, they won't be allowed into the branch," he said at a gathering organised by the three Umno wings in Sabah, namely the Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings.
Dr Mahathir said if they were to look at the opposition party, PAS, they were previously represented only by the ulama, but today they had engineers, doctors and others with high qualifications.
He said the dilemma faced by Umno now was that participation in the party was no longer seen as a struggle for the people and country like the past leaders who had fought for the country's independence, the struggle today was to secure position and gain power for themselves.
He said this had led to money politics coming into play every time there was a party election whether at the divisional or Supreme Council level
He said that because many of them were highly qualified, they were not accepted as branch members because some of the existing branch leaders feared that their position might be in jeopardy.
"Now many Malays have (university) derees and this is a challenge to the branch heads. They fear that they may be toppled and replaced by those with better education.
"Once they have gained the post of branch heads, they refuse to let go. That's why if there are people with slightly better qualifications or are graduates, they won't be allowed into the branch," he said at a gathering organised by the three Umno wings in Sabah, namely the Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings.
Dr Mahathir said if they were to look at the opposition party, PAS, they were previously represented only by the ulama, but today they had engineers, doctors and others with high qualifications.
He said the dilemma faced by Umno now was that participation in the party was no longer seen as a struggle for the people and country like the past leaders who had fought for the country's independence, the struggle today was to secure position and gain power for themselves.
He said this had led to money politics coming into play every time there was a party election whether at the divisional or Supreme Council level
2 comments:
Oh armouris bukan susah nak jadi tak ada rahsia pun kalau kau tahu. Senang aje buka kaki dan kakang itu la rahsia awek muda utk perempuan. Utk jantan pula jilat kerang tiap2 pagi pasti jadi muda. Ini petua orang2 muda. X caya cuba la.
Sebab UMNo mundur dah tahu dan jelas tapi apa puncuk kepimpinan nak buat? Sebab kepimpinan pun bergantung kepada orang ni(ketua Bhg seumpamanya) utk terus jadi ketua mereka. Tak ada yg baru la cik Shafieee. Sebab kalau ketua bhg ini tidak tinggi persekolahan mereka jadi senang la nak kontrol org bawahan dan org2 melayu bolih di kelengkong aje kiri kanan, ini sudah pun terbukti berkali kali olih pemimpinan UMNO. Ini dah jadi template mode operandi UMNO. Bapak kelengkong MAHATHIR..
Ekonomi negara serahkan bulat kat org2 pendatang sebab UMNO tak tahu nak mengurus, yang tahu kenyangkan perut masing2 dan suku sakat mereka aje.
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