Sunday April 6, 2008
Prove Umno members unhappy, Nazri tells Ku Li
IPOH: Produce the proof to show that Umno members are unhappy, instead of making general statements that put party leaders in a bad light.
That is the challenge issued by Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz to Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah when commenting on the hard-hitting speech of the Gua Musang Umno chief at the opening of the extraordinary general meeting of his division.
“If you say there is a groundswell of dissenting voices, why should you worry? Prove it if you say, on the ground, people are not happy,” said Nazri yesterday at Kampung Sungai Tapah in Manjoi after handing out aid to 293 flood victims, who received RM500 each.
Similarly, on the issue of abolishing the use of the nomination quota in the party elections, Nazri said: “If a candidate is serious and there is a groundswell of support for you, why should you worry about the difficulty of getting the 58 divisions?”
According to the party constitution, members need a minimum of 30% of the nominations from the 191 divisions to be eligible to contest the president’s post, 20% for the deputy presidency, 10% for the vice-presidency and 5% for supreme council seats.
At the Gua Musang EGM on Friday, Tengku Razaleigh hit out at party leaders and called for reforms on three issues.
Tengku Razaleigh said that the nomination quota should be abolished because it had stifled democracy in the party.
Nazri said that Tengku Razaleigh should not make general statements because it was not fair to Umno leaders.
“If there is proof of corruption, go to the ACA. I’d like to maintain that there are no corrupt leaders. If there are, report them and charge them in court,” added Nazri.
On Tengku Razaleigh’s call for an EGM to discuss the party’s performance in the general election and the future of the party, Nazri said only two divisions out of a total of 191 had decided to go ahead with it.
On the impending fight for the Umno Youth chief post, he said it was good for democracy.
“Any contest is good so long as they are conducted in a proper and civil manner, it is good for democracy. Umno is a democratic party,” he added.
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