Thursday, July 21, 2011

The full report findings of the Teoh Beng Hock RCI

You can access the full report of the findings of the Teoh Beng Hock Royal Commission of Inquiry below.

Happy reading.

http://thestar.com.my/news/RoyalComission_TeohBengHock_Jul2011.pdf

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

What is the Prime Minister's next move?

The recent Bersih pro electoral reform street protests has left Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in a bad light. A day after the street protests, the PM had a chest thumping event with 6,000 UMNO members to show that he still had support from his party members. He stated that UMNO was in support of free and fair elections and the Election Commission are making changes to the electoral system.

Was he speaking as the chairman of Barisan National or President of UMNO or the Prime Minister of Malaysia? Frankly, I do not think he knows. In fact he does not know what to do next. He is more concerned about ensuring that there is malay unity than national unity. It would not be in his best interest to ensure that his 1Malaysia model works. His primary concern now would be to make sure he keeps his UMNO presidency in order to remain as prime minister. The flip flop positions taken and incompetent decisions made, portray him as a weak leader, making him an open target for the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin or other UMNO hopefuls to mount a challenge against him in the next UMNO general assembly. As Najib is not a risk taker, I feel that he would try to get a rubber stamp approval from his party members to remain as the UMNO president before he calls for the next general election.

Of course that would not be the end of it. He would have to then regain public confidence after his mishandling of the Bersih rally. The manner in which the Bersih rally was handled has shown Najib to be incapable of keeping his word. This had made it difficult for people to believe Najib's and BN's promises. Damage has already been done and to repair it, would take time and effort.

We can only guess what the Prime Minister's next move would be or when the next general elections would be but one thing is for sure is that UMNO is running their last lap.