It is not for his first time and it is
again repeated in his recent statement as the UMNO President that he
shall fight his political nemesis to the end. Today he has made it clear
that the very reason he is more than willing to face them is because he
has one ‘pantang’, that is anyone who betrays UMNO struggle is his
abstinence.
Malaysians are rich in their culture and
the word ‘pantang’ is understood by all walks of the rakyat that some
would consider it as a stern warning when others would cross a certain
limits of relationship and perhaps this ‘pantang’ word also applies to
health treatment when anyone failed to comply to its prescriptions, they
can expect taboo.
The Malays, Chinese and Indians and
perhaps other races too believed in their own social ‘pantang’. For
instance to sweep your house on the eve of a celebration is a ‘pantang’
when this could prevent prosperity to their homes. Some would go to the
extend believing in feng shui related to numbers when the chinese
abstained from number 4 that carries the meaning of death and bad luck
whereas others would try to avoid from associating them with number 13
which could have the similar impact of being unlucky.
They say that the worst thing about
betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies but the trusted ones.
Therefore every Malaysians who are very familiar with the word ‘pantang’
and understood well what PM Najib meant when he said that there will be
no retreat and surrender against Dr Mahathir’s and Muhyiddin’s betrayal, thus that contained in his pantang.
PM Najib has proven to UMNO members that
in his 40 years, not once he has double-crossed the 3 previous party
presidents lining from the late Tun Husin Onn, Dr Mahahtir Mohamed and
Pak Lah that being supportive and loyal is the milestone to UMNO
struggle and it is therefore essential and expected.
For 22 years, Dr Mahathir was bombarded
from all corners including the foreign medias and leaders and yet
everyone in UMNO stood beside him where PM Najib Razak is not excluded.
PM Najib’s loyalty to the President was first tested when Dr Mahathir
faced his greatest challenge from Ku Li that he almost lost the party
presidency election, yet Najib chose to support him.
Next, when PM Najib’s previous boss from
the youth wing Anwar Ibrahim who was asked to leave UMNO, he stood
loyal with Dr Mahathir eventhough UMNO lost its popularity among the
Malays and that was the first time when US has openly insulting the
sovereignty of our nation and most unfortunate it happened in our own
home ground. Najib still supports Dr Mahathir.
PM Najib was in great dilemma when Pak
Lah received Dr Mahathir’s criticism and certain leaders in UMNO vocally
requested the latter’s resignation. During the time, on one hand Najib
was Dr Mahathir’s blue-eyed boy and on the other, he is the second man
in the party and government. He was loyal to UMNO and Pak Lah and did
not abandon them.
Today, it is very unfortunate for UMNO
leaders and members when they are witnessing the acts of treason in
daylight from their former President Dr Mahathir and the former Vice
President Muhyiddin Yassin. Both are collaborating with the oppositions
and both are allowing foreign medias to throw lies and slanders against
the President.
Dr Mahathir was proven lying twice for
all his baseless accusations when first, he admitted that he possessed
no evidence and second when Ling Liong Sik’s attempt to dismiss a
defamation suit by PM Najib, Kuala Lumpur high court confirmed that
Liong Sik’s argument with Dr Mahathir’s blog articles are mere hearsays
and unreliable.
During his last office as the deputy to
Prime Minister and party president, Muhyiddin has made himself obvious
as a non-team player in the ministerial line-ups and in UMNO supreme
committee. He had his platform to question any differences or doubts
instead he went public to find answers and pathetically, his fallacies
relied on assumption reportings.
Earlier he admitted he would not
understand on the 1MDB discrepancies and had to rely on the Edge
reportings but it is laughable when even his colleagues in the cabinet
and his party could refute his accusations with a more convincing
explanations. Obviously Muhyiddin is only interested to find faults
rather than solving them.
PM Najib took the opportunity to recall
how Melaka was collapsed to foreign powers Portuguese, Dutch and the
British for more than 700 years. The collapse was caused by only one
insider to betray the nation. For that, PM Najib alerted UMNO members to
remain loyal to the party or pay a very high price of not only loosing
power but our nation’s prestige and dignity will aslo be on sale.
From his 40 years track records in UMNO,
PM Najib has shown the true meaning and the price for being loyal and
obedience. No leader in the world would appreciate betrayals and no
organisation could last with any act of treachery. What Dr Mahahtir and
his team did are clear treason to UMNO and the nation. For that, their
dismissals are appropriate and Najib’s ‘pantang’ is justified too.
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