Muhyiddin: BN not as strong as before
Haider Yutim, Malaysian Digest
Umno Deputy President Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today admitted that Umno has lost its position and that Barisan Nasional’s (BN) component parties are not as strong as before.
During a speech at the simultanous launching of the party’s wings assembly, he said political power of the Malays has also shaken.
“The political tsunami that fell upon us during the 2008 General Election marks the change of a political landscape in our country.
“Barisan Nasional has lost its two third majority in Parliament,” said Muhyiddin in his speech in front of delegates from the three of the party’s wings.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin also reminded members to not sabotage, boycott, pamper the candidates, backstab, run-away overseas or anything that can tarnish the party’s chance of winning in the next general election.
He urged all of the party’s wings to remain loyal to the Umno and its leaders, defend the party, not stray from its struggles and also not to admit defeat before going to battle.
Muhyiddin stresses the importance of being loyal and having undivided feelings towards the party in ensuring that the agenda of transformation done by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak can be implemented.
He added that the unanimous support from Umno members and the rakyat is much needed as the 13th General Election is regarded as a competition of life and death.
Muhyiddin then slammed the three parties that formed the Opposition pact – DAP, PKR and PAS in his speech the simultaneous launching of Umno’s party wings at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).
He said the Opposition has taken advantage of erotion that has affected the support of the rakyat towards Barisan Nasional (BN).
Commenting about the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Muhyiddin said the party has been actively proceeding with their ‘evil’ plan towards the Muslims in the name of ‘religious freedom’.
He said DAP’s true agenda is to witness the disunity among Muslims and sparking fights between the Muslims and the non-Muslims.
“The DAP has never seen any good in the Malays and Muslims.
“For DAP, even though they claim themselves as a multi-racial democratic party, ironically from then and now the party has always been led by a certain race.
Muhyiddin in speech also warned the Malays to not be decieved by DAP’s ‘bad intentions’ as according to Muhyiddin, the party had never intended to give power to Malays.
“The DAP only wants the Malays to be their ‘horse’ in order to care for the interest of the party,” he said referring to DAP’s recruitment for Malays.
As for Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Muhyiddin said the party is now in its critical stage as they are out of agendas for Malays and Muslim alike.
He said the party’s aim is to just defend their de facto leader, and that the party’s objective has always been to defend a certain individual.
Meanwhile, commenting about the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Muhyiddin said the party has been labeling those who do not support the party’s struggle towards an Islamic state as ‘kafir’.
However, he said now since the PAS has been collaborating with DAP and PKR, which supports the formation of a welfare state, the term ‘Islamic state’ has now been deleted from its dictionary.
Muhyiddin also claimed that for PAS, the support from DAP and PKR is much more important than the party’s initial struggle of forming an Islamic state.
“Actually PAS has never wanted to form a welfare state… they themselves do not even know the meaning of a welfare state.
“The slogan ‘welfare state’ is only PAS’ political ploy to cover up its own weakness because the party’s had failed to form an Islamic state… what’s important for PAS is that the slogan of ‘welfare state’ can be accepted by DAP,” he added.
Muhyiddin officiated a simultaneous launching of Umno’s party wings general assembly namely the Wanita Umno, Umno Youth and Puteri Umno at Putra World Trade Centre today.
