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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

DPM, 4 CABINET POSTS OFFERED? Anwar warns Najib: Umno in turmoil & about to IMPLODE

DPM, 4 CABINET POSTS OFFERED? Anwar warns Najib: Umno in turmoil & about to IMPLODE
UPDATE2 VIDEOS INSERTED KUALA LUMPUR - A frenzy is building up over news that Prime Najib Razak had offered the deputy premier's post to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in a bid to unite the disenchanted country, especially the fragmented Malay community.
Anwar himself has not offered any direct response to the barrage of questions from the local media and overseas commentators.
However, in a most telling remark, Anwar warned that Umno was in serious turmoil and close to implosion due to decades of refusing to reform its scandal and corruption-tainted way of governance.
"The postponement of the Umno election election is due to the internal problems in Umno. It is now in turmoil and the situation is heating up they are trying to delay not the infighting but rather the implosion," Anwar told Malaysia Chronicle.
Badawi's book: Something big to come?
At a joint Hari Raya and birthday function held over the weekend in Kubang Ulu, Penang, the 66-year-old Anwar had hinted broadly to Umno members, urging them to embrace a "questioning" culture - which would be a watershed departure for the feudalistic party.
Anwar was responding to the shock criticism leveled by Najib's predecessor Abdullah Badawi against another former premier Mahathir Mohamad, in a book titled Awakening: The Abdullah Badawi Years.
Badawi was accused of throwing his support behind Najib and being receptive to the idea of a unity government with the Opposition. News that Anwar's daughter, Nurul izzah had been invited to the book's launching in Singapore stirred up an unprecedented and disproportionate fury with the Mahathir camp.
To Umno watchers, the over-reaction was akin to a long-awaited wake-up and foretold of "something big" to come. 
"In any healthy and vibrant party, they should engage in policy issues and I think this is the failure of Umno because of the lack of capacity to understand serious debate on policy issues. Hopefully with the initiative taken by Tun Dollah, with his assessment would encourage more vibrant debate and questioning of the relevance of a party with obsolete ideas, racism and religious bigotry.
Will Anwar abandon the "cause"?
Meanwhile, even senior leaders in Anwar's PKR or People's Justice Party are concerned at the unprecedented response. Supporters at his Pakatan Rakyat coalition are worried their leader might abandon "our cause".
On the other side of the pendulum, Umno members seem to be split down the line but it is plain to see that the majority are relieved to welcome back to their fold one of their most loved sons.
The phenomenally popular Anwar was 'chopped' down cruelly at the height of his power when he was the Umno deputy president and heir-apparent to former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
It is not surprising that the Mahathir camp has launched an all-assault against Najib to stop him from forming any type of "unity government" with Anwar.
"The offer was passed indirectly through talks which is the usual way for Najib to negotiate. He does not want to be caught wrong-footed when the Umno party election is so close by," PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
"But as far as we are concerned, and Anwar has made it clear, the answer is 'no'. We will only accept power-sharing for the agenda of reforms, not for the purpose of stabilizing Najib's position."
The offer for the DPM's post also came with 4 slots in the Cabinet for Anwar's top lieutenants in the PKR.
The only way to move Malaysia forwardNajib must accept DAP, PAS:
That the embattled Najib is fighting for every inch is clear from the way he was forced to delay the Umno election by a good two weeks to October 19 from October 5 as scheduled.
More crucially, the nominations for the topmost posts was deferred by 3 weeks to September 28 from september 7, ostensibly because there was insufficient time due to an impending visit from President Barack Obama.
Not only is Najib surrounded by candidates friendly to Mahathir, it seems he has already shown his cards and that was a bit "too early" according to Umno watchers. He is now in a "vulnerable" position.
Many believe that without striking a deal with Anwar, Najib is at the mercy of Mahathir and his cronies. But whether he is willing to embrace a "real" unity government that includes other Pakatan members - DAP and PAS - remains to be seen.
Stalemate Umno-BN?
Such a landmark move would appear to a step in the right direction given the deep fissures in the country, and an economy that is not far from tanking if tough and unpopular reforms are not undertaken soon.
Despite the puff and attempts to gloss over the outcome of the May 5 general election, the most divisive-ever in the nation's history, the consequences cannot be hidden any more.
The Umno-BN government has been checkmated and this is evident in Najib's inability to get his policies and measures going. Many top investors, including international ratings agency Fitch, have remarked on the social, economic and political downtrend that will prevail and quicken unless Najib takes drastic steps.
In the May election, Najib's Umno-BN had won 133 of the 222 seats in Parliament but Anwar's Pakatan won 51% of the popular vote or all votes cast.
Many seasoned political observers believe that Najib is not unaware that Umno-BN won due largely to the gerrymandering put in place by past administrations especially during Mahathir's 22-year tenure.
"Put it this way, a unity government acceptable to both sides is the only way forward for Malaysia. Najib should not chicken out now. If he can strike a deal with Anwar that includes Pakatan - all 3 of us - there is no need to bother about Mahathir," PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.
"We won't have to worry about Malaysia turning into a dictatorship and a police-state ruled by draconian people and laws like the Emergency Ordinance and Internal Security Act. Instead Mahathir should worry about where to migrate to."
Malaysia Chronicle

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