According to Ahirudin Attan (better known as Rockybru) in his article in My Paper, a faction within Umno is working overtime to form what one insider (or a spinmaster?) calls "the Dream Team".
It would reunite two of the biggest rivals Umno has ever seen - Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. The team would include Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, Dr Mahathir's son,who will run for Umno Youth chief. Others include Rais Yatim and Muhyiddin.
Rocky's sources said Mr Najib was so worried that he sought an appointment to see Dr Mahathir. They met early this week. There have been no press reports on the meeting, but my paper understands that Dr Mahathir made it clear to Najib that he was "quite committed" to the Dream Team.
I am left wondering why the partnership between Ku Li and Dr M is known as the 'Dream Team'. Ku Li, until now, has been quite rhetorical about his vision to lead UMNO. There is no definite answers to the direction he intends to lead UMNO and BN in the future.
What is his position on the NEP, subsidy structure, civil service, education, BN partnership formula, interethnic relations and others?
If he intends to get the support of Dr M, he should know it does not come cheap. With Dr M behind the scene, it is not known how long this liaison can last. Do you expect the grand old master to simply keep quiet and hand's off to let Ku Li running the entire show without imposing his will?
Already, in his wish list is his son, Mukhriz, nomination as the Youth Chief. Mukhriz is best remembered for his anti-war NGO (Peace Malaysia) which has been quite active in the Middle East. He heads Ansara, a Malay professionals' association. Mukhriz is a staunch supporter of Dr M's legacy in UMNO.
Apart from his occasional political statements on Abdullah's incompetency, I have not really seen anything substantial from Mukhriz.
But we have seen and experienced a lot of Dr M even until today. He simply cannot go away. Malaysian voters had given him the best sent off by returning the BN government with a overwhelming parliamentary majority (92%) in the 2004 general election.
I am sure we will hear a lot from Ahirudin Attan about this "Dream Team". Only that it was my yesterday's bad dream. I am looking for something less scary in the future.
Picture courtesy of bigdogdotcom.
9 comments:
You can't denied that this old man can get things done.
Dream team????...no way man
I shudder at the thought of the Machiavellian old man at helm.
If he is back with his proxies of Ku Li or his son..we can kiss goodbye to Malaysian freedom. All dissenting voices will be muffled. ISA, OSA, Sedition Act, AUKU etc will be given fresh new life. Another 22 years of Mahathir Jnr rule (Ku Li is just a transition anyway).. The world might as well call Malaysia the second Zimbabwe, international pariah nation of the highest order.
Dream team indeed!
1. Dr. Mahathir seems to make it his life's mission to demonstrate that he is more Malay than any Malay.
Just listen to his endless litany of "perjuangan untuk bangsa, ugama dan negara" and his "ketuanan Melayu this and that".
He is a racist though he denies it in his blog. He is a man with only one viewpoint - his own. All others are wrong, only he is correct.
2. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - he is one colourless character. He has not quite make it clear what his stand really is on important issues.
3. Rais Yatim looks to be like he belongs to the old-school, reactionary political elite with outdated, fossilised attitudes like: "I know what is best for the people. Therefore, you people just accept whatever decision I make on your behalf and just SHUT UP".
At one time, press reports had him advocating sanitizing and censoring the internet because he felt it was too unruly with too much anti-establishment opinions floating around in it.
He strikes the impartial observer as the type who would censor and withhold information from the public "for their own good" because "he and the authorities know best" and the public "should not and cannot be trusted with to much knowledge."
There, that's my analysis of this wonderful dream team.
but not this round
i shared your sentiments. enough of the old hands. Ku Li and TDM add together about 200 years old and not to forget the baggage they have.
dream team? not mine too.
Ya for dreamers only
of all the hopefuls, i thought razaleigh is the best man. like they say, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eye man rules. thats how shallow is the leadership in UMNO now.
But, the team-up with the old fox will create a nightmare. its no dream team but a team-up of convenience. and i have my great suspicion of Mahatir's comeback and his divisive politics will only further worsen the existing disunity among the populace.
Umno is short of talent, or no talent at all. A party without competitive environment, how to excel?
Even though the grand old men were implicated in Lingam and BMF scandals, yet those guys still want them as Dream Team. This only reflects how shallow those guys thinking.
Not a dream team. But an old men 'dreaming' team.
When PR takes over you guys especially the old senile recalcitrant will have his dreams in Sungai Buloh until his last dying breath!!!
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