Politically, UMNO's image has taken a severe battering and these days members have to whisper they are from Umno, not like before when such a pronouncement would have drawn awe and respect.
- From: Politikus <ffasia@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:16:14 -0800 (PST)
Politically, UMNO's image has taken a severe battering and certainly
Umno members these days have to whisper they are from Umno, not like
before when such a pronouncement would have drawn awe and respect.
Nowadays, Umno members are lucky if they draw jeers and boos and not
rotten eggs and other verbal insults.
But political branding can be rebuilt. Umno and BN may face a tough
time in GE-13 and even if they lose, there is GE-14 to win back the
hearts and minds of the people it has governed in the past 5 decades.
The savvy in Umno realize this. And this why, even though Umno, the
pirate ship, may have hit its berg and is fast sinking, the battle for
control of the party will be the most intense ever in its long
history.
For those players outside the elite circle controlled by the Najibs,
the Mahathirs and the Badawis, GE-13 and the Umno 2012 polls represent
the biggest opportunities for them to break through the old-boys-club
and strike out for themselves.
Infighting, which has always simmered in Umno, has been visible for
months now. It has intensified and can be expected to boil over – one
way or another – soon.
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