Wanita Chief and the Grandmaster

WHEN the Umno General Assembly (UGA) was in session (Dec 2 to 7), the kedai kopi assembly (KKA) was also in session. The debate at the latter was no less lively.

The UGA is over, but the KKA continues. That explains why we have so many 24-hour coffee shops. And the debate is getting hotter, thanks to a large part to the reporting in the Internet-based media. The independent portals and blogs have revealed the juicier stuff that the mainstream media could not.

The following are the summaries of the KKA (aka Perhimpunan Kedai Kopi) hansard.

Shahrizat’s Grandmaster Master

The Wanita chief, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, said Najib is a grandmaster at chess. A member of the KKA gleefully asked: “Did she mean chest?” (laughter but some members objected).

Let us look at the grandmaster. Did he not try to appoint a PAS member to the Majlis Tertinggi (MT)? Luckily for Shahrizat’s grandmaster, the televangelist Ustaz rejected the offer. Did the grandmaster not ask the Ustaz if he was willing to joint the Supreme Council? Luckily, PAS wasn’t brilliant either. In fact it was daff for the party to attack the Ustaz. It should have kept quiet, let him join the MT and have a spy in very heart of its rival. So why complain if other countries are spying on us? Here the grandmaster himself has invited a spy to join the MT.

The Master at his game

Or is it because UMNO now is a rakyat’s party that the grandmaster can invite anybody to be a member of MT? Do not be surprised if he soon invites the DAP and Keadilan members as well.

We think only Anwar is an entertainer. Now Umno has produced its own entertainer.

Clueless About the States

Not only the grandmaster failed to recapture Selangor, he did worse than Pak Lah. “At least Pak Lah could claim that he was sleeping”, interjected a smart Alex (laughter). When the grandmaster became PM, he dropped Zain from cabinet, probably not happy with him performance or because he “urut” Pak Lah’s legs and begged him not to resign.

But the grandmaster put him in charge of BN Selangor. After last general election he dropped Noh Omar from Cabinet and put him in charge of BN Selangor. The grandmaster does not know what to do with Selangor. He has thrown in the towel. This is Shahrizat's grandmaster.

The KKA passed the following resolution:- THAT Shahrizat to tell the Umno masses and the rakyat what she genuinely thinks of the grandmaster and his cousin, Hishammuddin, the ways she told her friends in private.

Umno almost lost Terengganu and barely retained Perak. In Johore the opposition made a strong inroad and forget about Penang.

Morality and Responsibility

Anwar was sacked because he was not fit to be in UMNO on moral ground. But Chua Sooi Lek could lead the MCA. What about Shahrizat the enchantress herself?

The grandmaster does not know? The Pergerakan Wanita does not know? That is why, in NFC case, although she stayed in same house and slept in same bed with her spouse, she did not know what he and their children were doing. People understand. They are not stupid.

If her husband got the NFC privatisation and an RM240-million government loan to fatten the cattle, Shahrizat asked for a Bank Wanita. Lucky Najib ignored it. The rakyat asked: Was it for Wanita or for her?

No Bank Wanita for now

 Shahrizat enchanted Tun Dr M into establishing the Kementerian Wanita and she became its minister. She got solid support from the Wanita but Accountant General should check when she was Minister, were the books in order?

Now the chief of the Tulang Belakang (backbone) of Umno (as she described the Wanita movement) is no longer a minister. It is the first time in history that Wanita has no minister in Cabinet but she is a ministerial-level advisor to PM and she got Academy Wanita, which she wanted to lead. But the Government does not know where to put it because Minister in charge Women’s Affairs does not want it. It has to be parked at Intan.

Rafidah paid the price for trusting her. Grandmaster better watch out. After crisis of '98, banks were consolidated and reduced in numbers.  Any new bank formed will be under Bank Negara. Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia may be good, but is it under Bank Negara?  AIM now can lend and under a minister losses are not a problem. Just write off. If a banking licence is given to Wanita, would Pemuda not want one too?

NEXT the KKA will discuss Pemuda.

Fotenote: Members of the KKA take note of the warning “jangan kacau” and “jaga-jaga”. InyaAllah.