Umno man says the party must do away with the practice of allowing only certain delegates a chance to speak at the the assembly.
KUALA LUMPUR: Everyone should be given a chance to speak at this month’s Umno annual general assembly.
Petaling Jaya Utara Umno division committee member Lukman Mohd Ghani said in the past the general assembly was the best platform for the Umno’s grassroots to speak their mind about issues in the country.
He said, now only certain members are allowed to speak. Lukman was responding to a statement by party veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah that it was difficult nowadays to openly express opinions in Umno unlike years ago.
The party should do away with protocol or restrictive guidelines,which imposes that only selected delegates be allowed to speak and room should be given for all party veterans to express their views about where Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) is heading to, said Lukman.
Lukman also rebutted a news report that quoted Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as saying that no such thing exists in the party.
Muhyiddin is wrong
Lukman said Muhyiddin should ask himself how come party veterans and some other quarters in Umno have to organise other platforms or form non governmental organisations to represent their views.
He said the days of curtailing the information flow or silencing voices of dissent was now gone with the emergence of the alternative media and the social media networking online sites.
“Nowadays, some people have lost faith in the main newspapers because only certain views are carried,” Lukman, who is also an aide to Tengku Razaleigh, said.
There is a belief within a section of Umno that the media coverage be given to only some leaders, he claimed.
It was now made worse as those who slam the opposition were given prominence in some media outlets, even if some of the issues they had advocated were not based on facts, he stressed.
He said the urbanised population was now better informed or in many instances, more educated than the politicians of today.
Lukman was also critical of other political parties for choosing to impose a gag order whenever there are internal issues within their parties.
It was an insult to the people, if leaders continued to sweep things under the “carpet” rather than address it, Lukman said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Everyone should be given a chance to speak at this month’s Umno annual general assembly.Petaling Jaya Utara Umno division committee member Lukman Mohd Ghani said in the past the general assembly was the best platform for the Umno’s grassroots to speak their mind about issues in the country.
He said, now only certain members are allowed to speak. Lukman was responding to a statement by party veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah that it was difficult nowadays to openly express opinions in Umno unlike years ago.
The party should do away with protocol or restrictive guidelines,which imposes that only selected delegates be allowed to speak and room should be given for all party veterans to express their views about where Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) is heading to, said Lukman.
Lukman also rebutted a news report that quoted Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as saying that no such thing exists in the party.
Muhyiddin is wrongLukman said Muhyiddin should ask himself how come party veterans and some other quarters in Umno have to organise other platforms or form non governmental organisations to represent their views.
He said the days of curtailing the information flow or silencing voices of dissent was now gone with the emergence of the alternative media and the social media networking online sites.
“Nowadays, some people have lost faith in the main newspapers because only certain views are carried,” Lukman, who is also an aide to Tengku Razaleigh, said.
There is a belief within a section of Umno that the media coverage be given to only some leaders, he claimed.
It was now made worse as those who slam the opposition were given prominence in some media outlets, even if some of the issues they had advocated were not based on facts, he stressed.
He said the urbanised population was now better informed or in many instances, more educated than the politicians of today.
Lukman was also critical of other political parties for choosing to impose a gag order whenever there are internal issues within their parties.
It was an insult to the people, if leaders continued to sweep things under the “carpet” rather than address it, Lukman said.
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