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Abolish UMNO - as no political will to eradicate corruption in the most corrupt institution? PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 16:09
Should UMNO be abolished altogether as there is no political will whatsoever to eradicate corruption in the country's most corrupt institution
Media Statement (2) by DAP Parliamentary Leader and MP for Ipoh Timor Lim Kit Siang in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 29th January 2009:
Just as no one expects that the proposal of the Umno disciplinary board chairman Tengku Tan Sri Ahmad Rithaudeen to abolish the Umno wings - Wanita, Youth, Puteri and Putera – to end the scourge of money politics in Umno would be taken seriously by an Umno leader, nobody believes that it is possible to eradicate corruption in the country's most corrupt institution, Umno, because of the sheer absence of such political will.
Sure enough Rithaudeen's proposal encountered immediate objection yesterday from the Umno top-guns, like Umno vice president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, Umno Wanita leader Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz and Puteri Umno leader Datuk Noraini Ahmad with the de facto Umno President and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak delivering the coup de grace when he said today that Umno will not abolish any of its wings as they are important in nurturing future leaders of the party.
If Rithaudeen is right – and he is right – that the many elections for the Umno Youth, Wanita, Puteri and Putera wings created opportunities for money-making, all that Najib meant about "nurturing future leaders of the party" is to give them opportunities to be adept in the art of corruption in Umno party elections.
No wonder Umno has the notoriety as the most corrupt institution in the country and Rithaudeen is totally helpless to check money politics, to the extent that he has to concoct a totally unacceptable analogy to justify the Umno disciplinary board's failure to hand over all cases of Umno money politics to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
New Straits Times reported Rithaudeen's attempt to differentiate the powers and jurisdictions of the MACC and the Umno disciplinary board, as follows:
Rithauddeen differentiated the powers and jurisdictions of the MACC and the board, after Umno asked the commission last July to help it arrest rampant vote-buying in the party.
He used the analogy of a doctor who operated on a patient while drunk.
"Under criminal law, the doctor can be charged with negligence if the patient dies. The deceased's relatives can also sue for damages under civil law and, finally, the Malaysian Medical Council can also take action against him by stripping him of the ability to practise.
"This is the same with Umno members caught for money politics. They can be charged under criminal law for corruption and sentenced to prison or fined.
"At the same time, the board will also take action against them by suspending their membership," Rithauddeen said.
Investigations by the MACC and the board will be done separately by each body and any sharing of information will be done on a case-by-case basis, he said.
"The MACC has its own investigations and we have our own investigations. We do not get involved with the MACC."
Rithaudeen should realize that his analogy is erroneous, fallacious and highly dangerous – just as it is wrong for him to suggest that the charge of criminal negligence in the case of a doctor who operated while drunk resulting in death could be avoided by refusing or failing to report the crime to the proper authorities.
Similarly, Rithaudeen and the members of the Umno disciplinary board could be violating the law and committing crimes themselves if they withhold from the MACC any case of Umno money politics - which MACC Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan had said categoricaly as "corruption" in Sunday Times interview (January 25, 2009) –by not reporting every crime of corruption to the authorities.
Rithaudden's sense of despair and futility in the impossible battle against corruption and money politics in Umno caused him to make the radical proposal to abolish the various Umno wings.
When will an honest and upright Umno leader make the next logical proposal – that UMNO be abolished altogether as there is no political will whatsoever to eradicate corruption in the country's most corrupt institution?
Lim Kit Siang
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written by Raja Chulan, January 29, 2009 16:17:41
Registrar of Society can de-register UMNO. Let us file a report with ROS.
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written by Raja Chulan, January 29, 2009 16:23:53
Corruption is a crime NOT a way of life. As such UMNO is indulging in Criminal Activities. As such it is in breach of Society Act. Reasonable grounds for deregistration.
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written by eloofk, January 29, 2009 16:37:37
Under criminal law, any UMNO member found guilty of money politics, he or she can be charged for the offence.
Under civil law, the acused can sue MACC for damages as a result defamation, wrongful arrest etc...
How can MACC have the cloud to eradicate corruption?
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written by arazak, January 29, 2009 16:38:15
Why would Najis want to abolish the Youth, Putri and Putra wings? It suits them well as a training ground to be corrupt leaders in the future. It is also a training ground to be robbers and thieves when they hold high offices in the future! Thiese wings teaches them how to rob the rakyaats' money and the nation's wealth.
The only soultion is to kick them out in the next GE (that. . ., if it is a fair election)! Which, I do not think will happen as long as the SPR still prostitute itself to UMNO!
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written by justinlian, January 29, 2009 16:41:22
Lim Kit Siang should correct one statement of his.
It is the most currupted institution in the world not country
They do it and they have to die with it.
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written by eloofk, January 29, 2009 16:44:04
This is the internal affairs of UMNO and let the members themselves decide if they want to abolish, destroy or exterminate their own party or not.
I would rather see UMNO in my history book and let my children and grandchildren know how UMNO has come to an end through the book.
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written by quietguy, January 29, 2009 16:47:11
To Margeemar,
Huh? You comment is totally off-topic.
NOTE: Irrelevant comment by Margeemar has been removed
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written by Awaken64, January 29, 2009 16:50:42
LKS UMNO is just a acronym, deregistering it will not help. It is the people and thier mentality that is in a pitiable state. GREED, REVENGE AND ILLWILL
breeds like wild fire.
The nation needs a total shift in their thinking and ALL Politicians are doing is fighting for their own shallow cause. Making hay and going about with narrow views.
What we need is a unity campaign and a grass root activities NON POLITICAL.
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written by Wisdom above, January 29, 2009 17:06:14
After reading this article I have only this to say.
"Mari kita Berpuasa dan Berdoa" for Wisdom, Revelation, Peace and Tranquilty to Prevail.
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written by ahmadneil, January 29, 2009 17:27:25
A den full of thieves,corrupted and racist.
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written by ibabonma, January 29, 2009 17:56:24
Why is UMNO corrupted? Because they have the money to buy votes.
Where do their money come from? The close tender contracts UMNO controls at the various PPT (Government Departments, local council etc).
How to check them in their paths? Open up the tenders, who ever quotes the lowest gets the contract.
In no time, nobody will be interested to be Ketua Cawangan or Ketua Bahagian.
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written by DreamLady, January 29, 2009 18:21:10
Rethaudeen, please back off from making further attempt to correct the goons. When you failed miserably to do a thorough cleansing for UMNO regime, I doubt anyone could. Do allow these corrupted devils to die a natural death!!
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written by KARMANNGHIA, January 29, 2009 18:32:35
KKK, Neo Nazism, learn from the very best, learn from AMno goons.
They are the most racist buggers in history.
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written by Msian Idol3, January 29, 2009 19:11:50
A racist party that threatens the national security of the country.
A corrupted party that steals every opportunities for all Msians irrespective of colour for their self interest & has high officials who are tainted as sexual predators, money launderers, even a PM in waiting tainted with murder.
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written by Fuminari, January 29, 2009 19:18:57
abolish the wings would be jus as good as shattering these thieves' n bandits' rice bowls n lubangs,no they will not do that.
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written by T Square, January 29, 2009 19:20:35
................Perhaps the Honorable Tengku Ahmad Rithaudeen and Razaleigh Hamzah wish to consider switching sides.
No point hanging around to do the right thing when it is always wrong.
UMNO cease to exist as a respectable entity after TDM re-register the party.
UMNO Baru and it's reputation as the most corrupt instituition is the brainchild of TDM.
Now it's turned into a monster and the only cure is to put it down.
There really is no other options left.
Najib is a potential murderer, very corrupted, and one of the contestants for the post of Deputy is convicted for corruption.
Of the remaining two, one is very very corrupted from south of the country and the other, well utters nonsense most of the time.
How could any respectable leader of other countries take our current crop of leading politicians seriously.
It's a joke. Foreign investor are not going to come near any of of those jokers.
Picture this sometime in the future, a leading investor from say Germany talking to 2mohd, our DPM about investment.
2mohd's message to them in malay of course is "apa pun boleh" just to bring a few suitcases of cash otherwise no deal.
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written by densemy, January 29, 2009 20:02:29
There is one factor common to 14 of the bottom 25 countries with the worst Corruption Index ....and its not UMNO
There is one factor missing from the top 25 countries with the lowest Corruption Index... and its not UMNO either
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written by Beezee_Beezee, January 29, 2009 22:35:42
UMNO Leaders Knows whatacto LAW Minister will happened if our former De Facto LAW Minister proposal accepted by all UMNO Leaders. This where he is coming from. UMNO can smell the sting is coming and rather reject all the proposal. So what left. To fight and Removed UMNO completely. Either by defaction or by vote of no confidence. From what being discussed above two whole of UMNO Party is a TOTAL Corrupt including the Administratives, Judicary and made the constitution defunk and only good for UMNO.
Even SPRM cna bring them to court this will be kautim. So what's the point. KIMO pun tak bolih jalan. Waiting for DooMs day for UMNO.....
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written by Msahibul56, January 29, 2009 22:56:03
Most Umno members will tell you that they join the party to serve the people but actually the real reason is to make money either by hook or by crook.
So the bottom line is they are actually CROOKS. All of them, from top to bottom.
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written by wood, January 29, 2009 23:51:13
Saudara LKS, no need to abolish UMNO ! Perhaps they have started to press the self destruct button and the countdown has already started. Maybe they did not realise it yet ! Then one fine day we hear a LOUD BOOM !!!!!! and Goodbye !!!!!!
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written by batsman, January 30, 2009 10:00:28
UMNO says it wants to fight corruption but it is unable to control politik wang within its own ranks. UMNO says it defends democracy when it detains people without trial under the ISA, but it suppresses competition during elections for its top 2 posts within itself. Is this the picture of an honest and righteous party?
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written by carribeanking7, January 30, 2009 21:37:22
UMNO fighting curruption ? Huh ? next thing you know drug dealers will start an anti drug drive, gimme a break.
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written by Milo, January 30, 2009 21:40:39
UMNO has transformed itself from that of mild closet corruptionism to radical open corruptionism. Corruption has evolved to become a religion of sort for the UMNOputras, where non-believers within and without the party will be marginalised or destroyed to preserve their survival. UMNO has to fall in order for the country to be saved.
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