UMNO’s Fetish With Power
Khoo Kay Peng
Prime Minister Najib Razak has thrown the responsibility of illegal power grab in Perak down the alley of Zambry. Najib told the press that the next course of action is up to Zambry.
The illegal Perak MB has successfully filed for a stay of the court's order which declared his opponent, Nizar, as the rightful MB.
Thus far, UMNO's decision to push the envelope and the people's thinning patience with the power grab cannot be supported by any rational analysis. The only reason is UMNO's arrogance and desperation for power which has clouded the party's rational thinking.
As the crisis is prolonged, it is crystal clear that UMNO is slowly being deserted by the people and even by its own coalition partners. MCA deputy president Chua Soi Lek had voiced out his personal preference for a fresh poll in Perak. Gerakan leaders such as Teng Hock Nan, Hsu Dar Ren and several others too wanted the mandate be returned to the people to decide their own government. Growing voices of opposition are heard from inside and outside UMNO, NGOs, the Bar Council, Suhakam and most importantly the people.
Last night, Perak's neighbours, Selangor folks, have gathered to voice their disgust and disappointment of UMNO insistence to use the public institutions, the police and other coercive means to lock out the legal government from the silver state.
