It’s now confirmed by YB Jeff Ooi that former PKR youth chief Ezam Mohd Nor has re-joined UMNO, the party he left after former DPM and Umno deputy president Anwar Ibrahim was sacked in 1998.
He is expected to be given a senatorship and his future role will include the daunting responsibility to win back Selangor from the Pakatan government in the next general election.
Undeniably, it’s a hot topic for his timely move, despite the open protest by the Umno youth chief Hishamuddin Hussein, which is seen as a major coup for Umno as Umno is undergoing a turmoil due to the withdrawal of former PM Mahathir Mohamad from the party, as well as rallying calls for the current president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down in addition to the power tussle within the party.
I’m quite unperturbed by the move, however, there is this development that really intrigued me as prior to the move, Ezam is expected to relinquish his position in Movement for Democracy and Anti-Corruption (Gerak), in which during his tenure as the chairman of Gerak, he submitted a 632-page document to the PM which contained allegations of criminal breach of trust and misappropriation involving a senior Cabinet Minister.
Are we expecting actions to be taken against the minister alleged to be involved in the misappropriation as the minister is reportedly to be sitting comfortably in the Dewan Rakyat? Are the numerous allegations is expected to go into vain?
Otherwise, the current leadership will continue to be seen as playing lip service and buys over a high profile member to cover things up, doesn’t mind the fact Umno risk being perceived as a party which is too occupied indulging in absolute corrupted power play?
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Let’s the Malaysian politic version of ‘Infernal Affairs’ begins! Should be more interesting than the movie itself, although Ezam is not as lengchai as Tony Leong.
Gerakan wanted to reform BN from within when it joined the coalition. Instead, it got sucked into the system and has completely lost its integrity. How would Ezam fare any better where Gerakan has failed?
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