Najib’s gambling with ‘perceptions’
Are thinking Malays willing to be regrouped in the same category as the illustrious Ibrahim Ali?
Since his advisors have been selling Najib instead of Umno, then, as a matter of strategy, in order to beat Umno, all we have to do is destroy Najib’s credibility as a leader.
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz, Free Malaysia Today
With Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak at the helm; the future of the nation is being decided in accordance to the laws of gambling.
In Kuantan, bookies are willing and bold enough to give 100:1 odds to Barisan Nasional.
They are willing to give RM100 to RM1 if Umno can win in some areas. That is surely a vote of confidence in the PM’s leadership.
Najib enjoys, we are told, an approval rating of 69% while Umno is languishing in the 40 percent range.
So, the Umno president must not disappoint his ‘adoring’ public and punters.
And so a few weeks ago, Najib entered Selangor in style accompanied by thousands of motor bikers and declared, he will retake Selangor.
Of course, you will Najib! Could it be any other way?
The Umno president and PM mustn’t disappoint the millions and millions of Umno ground troopers who will shout Hidup Melayu at the drop of a leaf, if you asked them so.
Again, it’s a gamble.
Can’t budge the Chinese
Since his advisors have been selling Najib instead of Umno, then, as a matter of strategy, in order to beat Umno, all we have to do is destroy Najib’s credibility as a leader.
That should not be too difficult.
The fact that nobody expanded on his achievement means people are already set in their perceptions. They don’t give a rat’s ass on what any surveys tell us now.
The Chinese have already made up their minds since 2008. Urban Malays and the Malay middle class are rejecting Umno.
If we don’t, then we Malays fall in the same category as Ibrahim Ali and his band of brigands.
Are we Malays willing to be grouped in the same category as the illustrious Ibrahim Ali?
Hence Najib and his band of desperate individuals go around the country admonishing Malays that if Umno goes down, nobody will look after (i) the Malays (ii) Islamic religion and (iii) Royal Institution.
But Malays do not depend on Umno at all for their destiny. Islam certainly does not suffer if Umno isn’t around.
The constitutional monarchy is accepted by all races as long as it’s constitutional.
Laws protect us and our faith in these same laws secures the monarchy.
