Elections within a Political Party

SHuLy · #1 20-06-2004 **Elections within a Political Party**

Elections within UMNO is up. Top posts are not being contested. Perhaps due to the "advice" made by people sitting in those seats to the other members - that they do not contest for these posts.

to me, it's something very .... i dunno, not leader-like?

Perhaps any of you would have an opinion of two on why are they doing so.

USSDefiantNX74205 · #2 20-06-2004

Practicing the 'un-democraticness' of our country within the party perhaps? Quite frankly I don't know why these posts shouldn't be contested and I don't think I've heard of a valid reason for this as well so far.

__earth · #3 20-06-2004

UMNO election, at least for the top positions, is a farce.

demokrasi terpimpin kononnya.

qedx · #4 21-06-2004

adeh demokrasi terpimpin. sakit aku tahan gelak

The_Observer · #5 21-06-2004

You could find the same thing happen in a kampung...just that there is no imam/bomoh to mediate or pull strings...

Randomphantom · #6 23-06-2004

Its for the sake of unity within a party perhaps. Else people might split into factions and oppose each other.

Also a viable excuse to warm the seat for a longer period of time.

SHuLy · #7 23-06-2004

if it was the grassroots' leaders who advised the other members not to contest, it would seem more reasonable, (but it shows that they are 'shoe-polishing'. however, to know that the so-called advice came from top leaders themselves, telling other not to contest somehow seem rather odd. as a leader, one should encourage it-in a healthy way. afterall, they are the ones who go about preaching democracy, 'fairness', equal opportunity...gosh*! konon lar!

may the best men win..(in this case, the top men)

USSDefiantNX74205 · #8 26-06-2004

I guess many of you would agree with this:
http://www.umno-reform.com/jun04/syedhamid22062004.htm

__earth · #9 05-07-2004

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...720&sec=nation

proof that UMNO cannot be trusted to uphold democracy.

If they do not practice democracy in their own party, I doubt that they will promote democracy for the country.

kelvinlym · #10 09-07-2004 **Is Ku Li really contesting?**

Quote:

The battle lines are drawn. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Ku Li) is going to
make a bid for the top job; that of the Umno Presidency, which would
then automatically make him the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

That would be interesting. Read it here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bungaraya/message/29007

It's surprising to hear that what UMNO's doing is against party constitution which states all posts are open to be contested.

So we'll see.

SHuLy Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 228	#1 20-06-2004 Elections within a Political Party Elections within UMNO is up. Top posts are not being contested. Perhaps due to the "advice" made by people sitting in those seats to the other members - that they do not contest for these posts. to me, it's something very .... i dunno, not leader-like? Perhaps any of you would have an opinion of two on why are they doing so.

USSDefiantNX74205 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 474	#2 20-06-2004 Practicing the 'un-democraticness' of our country within the party perhaps? Quite frankly I don't know why these posts shouldn't be contested and I don't think I've heard of a valid reason for this as well so far. __________________ All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by - John Masefield, Sea Fever

__earth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,124	#3 20-06-2004 UMNO election, at least for the top positions, is a farce. demokrasi terpimpin kononnya. __________________ The __earthinc http://www.maddruid.com/

qedx Slightly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 991	#4 21-06-2004 adeh demokrasi terpimpin. sakit aku tahan gelak

The_Observer Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 275	#5 21-06-2004 You could find the same thing happen in a kampung...just that there is no imam/bomoh to mediate or pull strings... __________________ "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish." --Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Randomphantom Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 333	#6 23-06-2004 Its for the sake of unity within a party perhaps. Else people might split into factions and oppose each other. Also a viable excuse to warm the seat for a longer period of time.

USSDefiantNX74205 Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 474	#8 26-06-2004 I guess many of you would agree with this: http://www.umno-reform.com/jun04/syedhamid22062004.htm __________________ All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by - John Masefield, Sea Fever

__earth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,124	#9 05-07-2004 http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...720&sec=nation proof that UMNO cannot be trusted to uphold democracy. If they do not practice democracy in their own party, I doubt that they will promote democracy for the country. __________________ The __earthinc http://www.maddruid.com/