Tun Dr M : UMNO Can Split In Two,
By Syed Akbar Ali
Today March 12, 2009 I was among 60 people invited to attend a brainstorming and think-tank session organised by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana in Putrajaya and in association with Kumpulan Melayu Serdang (an outfit connected to academics at the Universiti Putra Malaysia).
The one day session was called a ‘Bengkel Resolusi Melayu & Gejala Rasuah’. Basically, we spoke about issues relating to capacity building, nation-building and the weaknesses in the country now. Throughout the day, the discussions were underlined by the problem of corruption in the country.
We broke up into rotating workshops and were able to have a good round of venting views and ideas. Some of the discussions became heated. Our deliberations were later presented to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed in the afternoon, followed by another round of vigorous question and answer.
