Sunday, February 22, 2009
calun-calun pelbagai jawatan parti
Berikut senarai calon yang sah bertanding bagi jawatan Majlis Tertinggi UMNO:PENGERUSI TETAP1. Badruddin Bin Amiruldin – Jerai2. Che Onn Bin Ismail – KaparTIMBALAN PENGERUSI TETAP1. Mohamad Bin Haji Aziz – Sri Gading2. Ahmad Bhari Bin Abdul Rahman – SelayangPRESIDEN1. Mohd Najib Tun Hj Abd Razak (Calon tunggal)TIMBALAN PRESIDEN1. Muhyiddin Bin Haji Mohd Yassin – Pagoh2. Mohd. Ali Bin Mohd. Rustam – Bukit Katil3. Muhammad Bin Haji Muhammad Taib – Kelana JayaNAIB PRESIDEN1. Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein Onn - Sembrong2. Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi – Bagan Datok3. Mohd Shafie Bin Hj. Apdal – Semporna4. Mohamed Khaled Bin Nordin – Pasir Gudang5. Syed Hamid Bin Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar – Kota Tinggi6. Mohd Isa Bin Dato Abdul Samad – Telok Kemang7. Rais Bin Yatim – Jelebu8. A. Rahim Bin Tamby Chik – Masjid TanahAHLI MAJLIS TERTINGGI1. Noh Bin Omar – Tanjong Karang2. Mohd Zin Bin Hj Mohamed – Sepang3. Musa Bin Hj Aman – Libaran4. Mustapa Bin Mohamed – Jeli5. Abdul Ghani Bin Othman – Ledang6. Ismail Sabri Bin Yaakob – Bera7. Zainal Abidin Bin Osman – Nibong Tebal8. Azian Bin Osman – Ipoh Timur9. Tajuddin Bin Abd Rahman – Pasir Salak10. Adnan Bin Yaakob – Bentong11. Azalina Binti Othman – Pengerang12. Abd. Latiff Bin Ahmad – Mersing13. Mohamad Bin Hj Hassan – Rembau14. Sharil @ Shahrir Bin Ab Samad – Johor Bahru15. Mahdzir Bin Khalid – Padang Terap16. Ahmad Husni Bin Mohd Hanadzlah - Tambun17. Hamzah Bin Zainudin – Larut18. Ahd Shabery Bin Cheek – Kemaman19. Mohd Puad Bin Zarkashi – Batu Pahat20. Noraini Binti Ahmad – Parit Sulong21. Zulhasnan Bin Rafique – Setiawangsa22. Awang Adek Bin Hussin – Bachok23. Mohamad Norza Bin Zakaria – Wangsa Maju24. Mohd Johari Bin Baharum – Kubang Pasu25. Shahidan Bin Kassim – Arau26. Idris Bin Haron – Tangga Batu27. Lajim Bin Ukim – Beaufort28. Shaziman Bin Abu Mansor – Tampin29. Saifuddin Bin Abdulllah – Temerloh30. Idris Bin Haji Jusoh – Besut31. Syed Ali Bin Abbas Alhabshee – Cheras32. Md. Isa Bin Sabu – Kangar33. Mokhtar Bin Radin – Kinabatangan34. Hilmi Bin Haji Yahaya – Balik Pulau35. Abdul Azeez Bin Abdul Rahim – Baling36. Norraesah Binti Mohamad – Balik Pulau37. Hasan Bin Malek – Kuala Pilah38. Jamaludin Bin Dato Mohd Jarjis – Rompin39. Raja Ropiaah Binti Raja Abdullah – Petaling Jaya Utara40. Abdul Rahman Bin Bakar – Marang41. Halimah Binti Mohamed Sadique – Tenggara42. Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Bin Raja Haji Omar - Larut43. Mohammed Radzi @ Mohd Radzi Bin Manan – Kampar44. Ishak Bin Ismail – Seremban45. Astaman Bin Abdul Aziz – Wangsa Maju46. Siti Zaharah Binti Sulaiman – Paya Besar47. Abdullah Bin Md Zin – Besut48. Zahidi Bin Zainul Abidin – Padang Besar49. Azhar Bin Ibrahim – Kepala Batas50. Azimi Bin Daim – Kulim–Bandar Baharu51. Sazmi Bin Miah – Machang52. Mohamed Jin Bin Samsudin – Bukit GantangBerikut senarai calon yang sah bertanding bagi jawatan Exco Pergerakan Wanita UMNO Malaysia:PENGERUSI TETAP WANITA1. YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Hajah Napsiah Binti Omar – Kuala Pilah(Calon tunggal)TIMBALAN PENGERUSI TETAP WANITA1. YBhg Datuk Sharifah Aminah Binti Syed Ahmad – Lembah Pantai2. YB Senator Dato’ Hajah Saripah Aminahbi Binti Syed Mohd – Jelutong3. Rohani Binti Abu Hassan – Tanah Merah4. Rosdianah Binti Md Nor @ Nunong – TawauKETUA WANITA1. YB Tan Sri Rafidah Binti Aziz – Kuala Kangsar2. YBhg Dato’ Seri Shahrizhat Binti Abdul Jalil – KepongNAIB KETUA WANITA1. YBhg Dato’ Hajah Kamilia Binti Dato’ Ibrahim – Kuala Kangsar(Calon tunggal)AHLI JAWATANKUASA WANITA1. YBhg Datuk Hajah Mastika Junaidah Binti Husin – Arau2. YB Datuk Halimah Binti Mohamed Sadique – Tenggara3. YBhg Datuk Hajah Siti Jeliha @ Zaleha Binti Hussin – Kubang Kerian4. YB Senator Dato’ Maznah Binti Mazlan – Rompin5. YBhg Datuk Hajah Melati Binti Ali – Pekan6. Hajah Hasnah Binti Salam – Alor Gajah7. YB Datuk Hajah Azizah Binti Datuk SP Haji Mohd Dun – Beaufort8. YB Senator Datuk Armani Binti Hj Mahiruddin – Libaran9. YBhg Dato’ Hajah Rosni Binti Haji Zahari – Maran10. YB Sen Datin Paduka Datuk Norhayati Binti Onn – Klang11. YBhg Dato’ Norhayati Binti Omar – Kuala Pilah12. YB Latipah Binti Omar – Masjid Tanah13. Puan Azihani Binti Dato’ Ali – Kangar14. YBhg Datin Paduka Hajah Seripah Noli Binti Syed Hussin – Kelana Jaya15. YBhg Dato’ Hajah Khamsiyah Binti Yeop – Lenggong16. YB Dato’ Hajah Jahara Binti Hamid – Tasek Gelugor17. Datuk Hajah Maznah Binti Abd Hamid – Jerlun18. Hajah Noriah Binti Mahat – Pagoh19. Norliza Binti Abdul Rahim – Bukit Gelugor20. Salmah Binti Pin – Bandar Tun Razak21. YB Sen Hajah Sharifah Azizah Binti Syed Zain – Kluang22. YB Dato’ Siti Salmah Binti Mat Jusak – Padang Rengas23. Marlia Binti Abd Latiff – Padang Serai24. YB Senator Hajah Wan Hazani Binti Haji Wan Mohd Nor – Gua Musang25. Rosni Binti Sohar – Hulu Selangor26. YB Dato’ Hjh Rusnah Binti Kassim – Tanjong Malim27. Jamelah Binti A Bakar – Batu Kawan28. YBhg Datuk Dayang Mahani Binti Tun Pg Ahmad Raffae – Sipitang29. Che Arpah Binti Ariffin – Padang Terap30. YBhg Datin Paduka Hajah Mesrah Binti Selamat – Kuala Selangor31. Haliza Binti Abdullah – Batu Pahat32. YB Hamidah Binti Hj Osman – Gopeng33. Robia Binti Kosai – Muar34. YB Suraya Binti Yaacob – Pendang35. Munaliza Binti Hamzah – Petaling Jaya Selatan36. Jumabi Binti Mohamad – Bagan37. Ros Suryati Binti Alang – Bayan Baru38. Mas Normah Binti Mas Junid – Bukit Bintang39. Datuk Amisah Binti Yassin – Ranau40. Mariany Binti Mohammad Yit – Bukit Bintang41. Dr Rozaidah Binti Talib - Ampang42. Hjh Fatimah Binti Hamat – Hulu Terengganu43. YBhg Datin Dr Hajah Nik Azizah Binti Hj Nik Yahya – Kota Bharu44. YB Puan Hjh Zainab Binti Nasir – Tampin45. Norliza Binti Hj Ahmad – Kapar46. YBhg Dato’ Hjh Ainon Khariyah Binti Dato’ Mohd Abas – Pasir Salak47. Madihah Binti Ab Aziz – Kota Bharu48. Puan Sri Sa’adah Binti Abd Samad – Bandar Tun Razak49. Nora’shekin Binti Yusof – Batu50. YB Senator Dato’ Dr Hjh Mashitah Binti Ibrahim – BalingBerikut senarai calon yang sah bertanding bagi jawatan Exco Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO Malaysia:PENGERUSI TETAP PEMUDA1. Abdul Fattah Bin Abdullah - Cameron Highlands2. Rami Bin Simbok - PuchongTIMBALAN PENGERUSI TETAP PEMUDA1. Muhammad Yadzan Bin Mohammad - Tanjong Malim2. Osman Bin Ahmed - Sipitang3. Kamarudin Bin Hj Hassan - Segambut4. Jaigani Bin Jaafar - Sembrong5. Syed Azmi Ahmad Bin Syed Nazir Ahmad - Tanjong6. Mohamad Radhi Bin Abdullah - Kelana JayaKETUA PEMUDA1. Mukhriz Bin Mahathir - Kubang Pasu2. Mohamad Khir Bin Toyo - Sungai Besar3. Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar - RembauNAIB KETUA PEMUDA1. Razali Bin Ibrahim - Muar2. Reezal Merican Bin Naina Merican - Kepala BatasAHLI JAWATANKUASA PEMUDA1. Mohd Anis Hisham Bin Abd Aziz - Kuala Selangor2. Rosli Bin Hasan - Bukit Katil3. Zakaria Bin Dullah - Simpang Renggam4. Mohamed Suffian Bin Awang - Kuantan5. Norizan Bin Ali - Kepong6. Tengku Azman Bin Tengku Zainol Abidin - Bukit Bintang7. Mohd Afandi Bin Yusoff - Rantau Panjang8. Wan Amizan Bin Wan Abdul Razak - Jerantut9. Muhammad Khairun Bin Aseh - Putrajaya10. Marzuki Bin Yahya - Bagan11. Mohamed Hazali Bin Abu Hassan - Kuala Selangor12. Mohd Gasing Bin Saling - Kalabakan13. Ahmad Zaki Bin Zahid - Putrajaya14. Sohaimi Bin Shahadan - Selayang15. Mohd Najib Bin Mohd Isa - Telok Kemang16. Zubir Bin Zabidi - Alor Star17. Anuar Bin Safian - Kubang Kerian18. Mohamad Iruan Bin Zulkefli - Lenggong19. Nixon Bin Abdul Habi - Semporna20. Mohd Hisamudin Bin Yahaya - Putrajaya21. Azizul Nizam Bin Bidin - Merbok22. Norman Bin Zahalan - Bayan Baru23. Syahrin Bin Md Jamaludin - Tebrau24. Aziaan Bin Ariffin - Balik Pulau25. Lokman Noor Bin Adam - Shah Alam26. Mohamad Sazali Bin Kamilan - Lembah Pantai27. Saiful Ismail Bin Saaya - Kuala Kangsar28. Ahmad Bin Darus -Kepala Batas29. Khalid Bin Mohamed - Johor Bahru30. Novandri Bin Hasan Basri - Bukit Gelugor31. Nadziruddin Bin Mohamed Bandi - Telok Intan32. Ung Md Salleh Bin Ung Abd Jamal - Serdang33. Ali Mazat Bin Salleh - Kulai34. Megat Zulkarnain Bin Omardin - Gombak35. Zainuri Bin Zainal - Klang36. Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Bin Sanusi - Langkawi37. Asri Bin Abdul Rahman - Selayang38. Ahmad Izany Bin Mohd Nor - Seremban39. Lob Mahadir Bin Abdul Shukur - Shah Alam40. Ahmad Suhairi Bin Ahmad Hariri - Shah Alam41. Faizal Bin Tajuddin - Pasir Salak42. Mohasdjone @ Mohd Johari Bin Mohamad - Besut43. Fakhrul Zafran Bin Absl Kamarul Azman - Gelang Patah44. Mohd Anuar Bin Mohammad Nor - Marang45. Mohd Fairuz Bin Mohd Sakirin - Klang46. Mohd Husaimi Bin Hussin - Besut47. Tun Faisal Ismail Bin Aziz - Putrajaya48. Mohd Azmi Bin Hamzah - Kota Raja49. Mohamad Nazim Bin A Samad - Kota Melaka50. Mohd Zamri Bin Mohd Idrus - Pasir Gudang51. Nazir Hussin Bin Akhtar Hussin - Titiwangsa52. Shafiqurrahman bin Haji Shamsuddin – Kuala Kedah53. Hamunir Bin Hamzah - Kangar54. Mohd Faiz Bin Mohd Raih - Setiawangsa55. Zamri Bin Zainol Abidin - Pokok Sena56. Mohd Amin Bin Hamidon @ Hampon - Pengerang57. Jasni Bin Shafie - Padang Terap58. Nor Hazaimi Bin Hamzah - Bukit Bendera59. Bahrul Razha Bin Chuprat - Kota Kinabalu60. Jamawi Bin Jaafar - Tenom61. Mohd Zaidi Bin Ilamdin - Kelana Jaya62. Shamsudin Bin Md Saad - Jerlun63. Mohd Razlan Bin Muhammad Rafii - Seputeh64. Mohd Johari Bin Abu Bakar - Hulu Terengganu65. Kamarol Bin Salleh - Pokok SenaBerikut senarai calon yang sah bertanding bagi jawatan Exco Pergerakan Puteri UMNO Malaysia:PENGERUSI TETAP PUTERI1. Roslinda Binti Abd Rahman – Rasah2. Azlieza Binti Azizan – Tangga BatuTIMBALAN PENGERUSI TETAP PUTERI1. Hasspalela Binti Mohammed Hassan – Kulai2. Zakiah Binti Kalipunya – Semporna3. Rosmarynda Binti Mohamad Rasidi – Bandar Tun RazakKETUA PUTERI1. Shahaniza Binti Shamsuddin – Maran2. Rosnah Binti Hj Abd Rashid Shirlin – Papar3. Ismalina Binti Ismail – Wangsa Maju4. Bibi Sharliza Binti Mohd Khalid – Rembau5. Ida Rahayu Binti Md Noor – Petaling Jaya Utara6. Saarah Binti Ali Bashah - SeputehNAIB KETUA PUTERI1. Nolee Ashilin Binti Mohammed Radzi – Lembah Pantai2. Shahanim Binti Mohamad Yusoff – Sungai Petani3. Wan Norashikin Binti Wan Noordin – Pasir Salak4. Nordiana Binti Shafie – Kuala Terengganu5. Haslinda Binti Mohd Zerain - AmpangAHLI JAWATANKUASA PUTERI1. Mas Ermieyati Binti Samsudin – Masjid Tanah2. Idamoerni Binti Zakaria – Bukit Gelugor3. Fahariyah Binti Md Nordin – Ledang4. Nor Azita Binti Abdul Rahman – Pekan5. Norhamizah Binti Mat Tahir – Selayang6. Norashikin Binti Abdul Rahman – Rasah7. Azlinda Binti Zubir @ Zubin – Bukit Katil8. Rina Binti Mohd Harun – Sepang9. Inahwyati Binti Jaini – Tenom10. Huzry Fionnawatty Binti Hussein - Segambut11. Wan Salwati Binti Abdullah - Seremban12. Isfarina Binti Mohd Bali – Ipoh Barat13. Anita Binti Murad – Tenggara14. Dg Maimunah Binti Sidek – Sipitang15. Roselinda Binti Abd Jamil – Klang16. Faraha Binti Ismail – Mersing17. Nordiana Binti Shafie – Kuala Terengganu18. Azliza Binti Ahmad – Seputeh19. Rohaiza Binti Yang Yussof – Kuala Kangsar20. Fatimah @ Nik Fatimah Binti Haji Nik Salleh – Tumpat21. Azana Rita Binti Abdul Aziz – Tambun22. Nik Nora Hiryani Binti Nik Mohamed Yusoff – Gua Musang23. Jamilah Hanim Binti Othman – Petaling Jaya Selatan24. Azifah Binti Abdul Rahman – Pokok Sena25. Shahanim Binti Mohamad Yusoff – Sungai Petani26. Wan Noor Dizamdila Binti Wan Mustapa – Arau27. Wan Norashikin Binti Wan Noordin – Pasir Salak28. Hamizah Binti Abdollah Zawawi - Putrajaya29. Hartini Binti Abdul Rahman – Jerantut30. Zauyah Binti Zainuddin – Bandar Tun Razak31. Zurina Binti Abd Rahman – Hulu Terengganu32. Ellyana Binti Mohd Muslim Tan – Padang Besar33. Nashua Binti Fauzun – Segambut34. Norsabrina Binti Mohd Noor – Kulim-Bandar Baharu35. Zahida Binti Zarik Khan - Pandan36. Asmaiza Binti Ahmad – Padang Besar37. Hamidah Binti Mohd. Jaffar – Putatan38. 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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Your 5.5 million against My 1 million
RPK No Holds Barred: Your 5.5 million against My 1 million
From: Malaysia Today
By: Raja Petra Kamarudin
Your 5.5 million against My 1 million
Umno has 20,000 branches within 191 divisions. So they need to fabricate members to allow these branches to exist. The members do not really exist. They are just names to make up the numbers so that the branches can be created and thereafter perpetuated.
Okay, today, let’s get away from the Perak political crisis for the meantime while we wait for the official announcement as to whether we are going to see two by-elections or we are going to see the Perak State Assembly dissolved to make way for fresh state elections.
If the Elections Commission ‘rejects’ the resignation letters of the Changkat Jering and Behrang State Assemblymen, then Pakatan Rakyat would have no choice but to dissolve the Perak State Assembly and hold fresh state elections.
What I want to talk about today is the statement by the incoming Deputy Prime Minister who will serve under incoming Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. The incoming Deputy Prime Minister meant here is Umno Vice-President cum International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. And his statement is about the three million members that Umno has.
Actually, Umno may have three million members, as they always proudly claim, but if you were to include the members of the 13 other component members of Barisan Nasional, then it would come to 5.5 million, or so they claim.
A short digression to this subject but still related to the issue: in the two weeks that we spent in Kuala Terengganu in the run-up to the by-election last month, we noticed that almost EVERY Chinese citizen of Kuala Terengganu is an MCA life member. Yes, that’s right, almost all the Chinese in Kuala Terengganu are life members of MCA.
Going by these statistics, Barisan Nasional should have garnered at least 90% of the Kuala Terengganu Chinese votes. But they didn’t. Isn’t this telling? Boasting about how many members you have is one thing. Whether your own members will vote for you is more important. If you can’t get even your own members to vote for you then what chance do you have of getting the ‘fence-sitters’, those who are not card-carrying members of any party, to vote for you? And we are not yet even talking about winning over the votes of the opposition supporters. This would be as remote as seeing Umno abandon Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy.
Barisan Nasional is supposed to have 5.5 million members, three million in Umno alone. But in the 8 March 2008 general election, Barisan Nasional garnered only 4,082,411 or 50.6% of the popular votes. Pakatan Rakyat managed 3,796,464 or 49.4% of the votes with only one million members.
What happened? How come Barisan Nasional won only 4,082,411 votes against the backdrop of 5.5 million party members? And surely, in an election, not only your own members vote for you. Surely the ‘fence-sitters’ or non-card-carrying voters of any party also vote for you.
Let us work out the arithmetic. Barisan Nasional has 5.5 million members and Pakatan Rakyat about one million or so. That comes to 6.5 million voters who are card-carrying party members. So about 4.5 million voters are not card-carrying members of any party. This would be the ‘fence-sitters’ or uncommitted voters that both coalitions would want to win over.
In the 8 March 2008 general election, 222 Parliament seats in 12 states (including the Federal Territory which has 13 seats) and 505 state seats in 13 states were up for grabs (Sarawak did not hold state elections in the 2008 general election). There were 10,922,139 registered voters (an increase of 600,000 over the 2004 general election), which includes the 221,085 postal voters. So the ‘real’ voters came to only 10,701,054.
The total votes garnered by Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat combined were 7,878,875. This comes to a voter turnout of 70.71%, a very low turnout indeed. If we minus the 221,085 postal votes, which are ‘bonus’ votes for Barisan Nasional, the ‘genuine’ voters would come to only 7,657,790This means if we minus the 221,085 postal votes, Barisan Nasional actually garnered only 3,861,326 votes against Pakatan Rakyat’s 3,796,464. This comes to a majority of only 64,862 votes.
Okay, Barisan Nasional has 5.5 million members. This means they should get at least 70.71% of this (calculated on an across-the-board basis according to the voter turnout). Therefore, Barisan Nasional should have garnered 3,889,050 votes if all their members voted for them and if calculated on a 70.71% voter turnout. Then they got the 221,085 postal votes. So the total votes for Barisan Nasional should have been 4,110,135 votes.
This means three things. Firstly, about 30% of Barisan Nasional’s members did not bother to come out to vote for their own party. Or, secondly, many of their members voted for the opposition. Thirdly, if we assume that all your members voted for you and not for the other side, this means NONE of the non-card-carrying voters voted for you. ALL voted for the ‘other side’.
Whatever it may be; it is impossible for the opposition to win 100% of the uncommitted voters. Many would also vote for Barisan Nasional even if they are not members of any of the 14 component members of the coalition. This would then mean many Barisan Nasional members did not vote for their own party. Or probably these members do not exist in the first place.
Pakatan Rakyat has just one million members or so. Yet they garnered 3,796,464 votes. The bottom line is: Pakatan Rakyat got almost four times the votes compared to the members it has, while Barisan Nasional could not even get the same number of votes as it has members.
Muhyiddin Yassin’s boast about Umno having three million members, or of Barisan Nasional having 5.5 million, means nothing if you can’t translate these numbers into votes. Hell, only 70.71% came out to vote on 8 March 2008. About 30% or three million people stayed home, many of them Barisan Nasional members as well. You not only could not get your own members to come out and vote, even those that did come out to vote did not all vote for you, their own party.
Anyway, everyone knows that Umno’s and Barisan Nasional’s ‘members’ are ‘paper’ members only. They only exist on paper. In many instances they can’t even hold general meetings because they can’t get the quorum at branch level and many meetings are mere ‘paper’ meetings.
Umno has 20,000 branches within 191 divisions. So they need to fabricate members to allow these branches to exist. The members do not really exist. They are just names to make up the numbers so that the branches can be created and thereafter perpetuated. Many branches are mere signboards to give an impression that they exist. There is really no branch activity as such.
Either way it is a farce. If the members do exist then that is bad news because your own members did not vote for you. And if the members do not exist then you are just kidding yourself. Both do not augur well for the ‘largest Islamic party in the world’, as what Umno claims to be.
From: Malaysia Today
By: Raja Petra Kamarudin
Your 5.5 million against My 1 million
Umno has 20,000 branches within 191 divisions. So they need to fabricate members to allow these branches to exist. The members do not really exist. They are just names to make up the numbers so that the branches can be created and thereafter perpetuated.
Okay, today, let’s get away from the Perak political crisis for the meantime while we wait for the official announcement as to whether we are going to see two by-elections or we are going to see the Perak State Assembly dissolved to make way for fresh state elections.
If the Elections Commission ‘rejects’ the resignation letters of the Changkat Jering and Behrang State Assemblymen, then Pakatan Rakyat would have no choice but to dissolve the Perak State Assembly and hold fresh state elections.
What I want to talk about today is the statement by the incoming Deputy Prime Minister who will serve under incoming Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. The incoming Deputy Prime Minister meant here is Umno Vice-President cum International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. And his statement is about the three million members that Umno has.
Actually, Umno may have three million members, as they always proudly claim, but if you were to include the members of the 13 other component members of Barisan Nasional, then it would come to 5.5 million, or so they claim.
A short digression to this subject but still related to the issue: in the two weeks that we spent in Kuala Terengganu in the run-up to the by-election last month, we noticed that almost EVERY Chinese citizen of Kuala Terengganu is an MCA life member. Yes, that’s right, almost all the Chinese in Kuala Terengganu are life members of MCA.
Going by these statistics, Barisan Nasional should have garnered at least 90% of the Kuala Terengganu Chinese votes. But they didn’t. Isn’t this telling? Boasting about how many members you have is one thing. Whether your own members will vote for you is more important. If you can’t get even your own members to vote for you then what chance do you have of getting the ‘fence-sitters’, those who are not card-carrying members of any party, to vote for you? And we are not yet even talking about winning over the votes of the opposition supporters. This would be as remote as seeing Umno abandon Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy.
Barisan Nasional is supposed to have 5.5 million members, three million in Umno alone. But in the 8 March 2008 general election, Barisan Nasional garnered only 4,082,411 or 50.6% of the popular votes. Pakatan Rakyat managed 3,796,464 or 49.4% of the votes with only one million members.
What happened? How come Barisan Nasional won only 4,082,411 votes against the backdrop of 5.5 million party members? And surely, in an election, not only your own members vote for you. Surely the ‘fence-sitters’ or non-card-carrying voters of any party also vote for you.
Let us work out the arithmetic. Barisan Nasional has 5.5 million members and Pakatan Rakyat about one million or so. That comes to 6.5 million voters who are card-carrying party members. So about 4.5 million voters are not card-carrying members of any party. This would be the ‘fence-sitters’ or uncommitted voters that both coalitions would want to win over.
In the 8 March 2008 general election, 222 Parliament seats in 12 states (including the Federal Territory which has 13 seats) and 505 state seats in 13 states were up for grabs (Sarawak did not hold state elections in the 2008 general election). There were 10,922,139 registered voters (an increase of 600,000 over the 2004 general election), which includes the 221,085 postal voters. So the ‘real’ voters came to only 10,701,054.
The total votes garnered by Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat combined were 7,878,875. This comes to a voter turnout of 70.71%, a very low turnout indeed. If we minus the 221,085 postal votes, which are ‘bonus’ votes for Barisan Nasional, the ‘genuine’ voters would come to only 7,657,790This means if we minus the 221,085 postal votes, Barisan Nasional actually garnered only 3,861,326 votes against Pakatan Rakyat’s 3,796,464. This comes to a majority of only 64,862 votes.
Okay, Barisan Nasional has 5.5 million members. This means they should get at least 70.71% of this (calculated on an across-the-board basis according to the voter turnout). Therefore, Barisan Nasional should have garnered 3,889,050 votes if all their members voted for them and if calculated on a 70.71% voter turnout. Then they got the 221,085 postal votes. So the total votes for Barisan Nasional should have been 4,110,135 votes.
This means three things. Firstly, about 30% of Barisan Nasional’s members did not bother to come out to vote for their own party. Or, secondly, many of their members voted for the opposition. Thirdly, if we assume that all your members voted for you and not for the other side, this means NONE of the non-card-carrying voters voted for you. ALL voted for the ‘other side’.
Whatever it may be; it is impossible for the opposition to win 100% of the uncommitted voters. Many would also vote for Barisan Nasional even if they are not members of any of the 14 component members of the coalition. This would then mean many Barisan Nasional members did not vote for their own party. Or probably these members do not exist in the first place.
Pakatan Rakyat has just one million members or so. Yet they garnered 3,796,464 votes. The bottom line is: Pakatan Rakyat got almost four times the votes compared to the members it has, while Barisan Nasional could not even get the same number of votes as it has members.
Muhyiddin Yassin’s boast about Umno having three million members, or of Barisan Nasional having 5.5 million, means nothing if you can’t translate these numbers into votes. Hell, only 70.71% came out to vote on 8 March 2008. About 30% or three million people stayed home, many of them Barisan Nasional members as well. You not only could not get your own members to come out and vote, even those that did come out to vote did not all vote for you, their own party.
Anyway, everyone knows that Umno’s and Barisan Nasional’s ‘members’ are ‘paper’ members only. They only exist on paper. In many instances they can’t even hold general meetings because they can’t get the quorum at branch level and many meetings are mere ‘paper’ meetings.
Umno has 20,000 branches within 191 divisions. So they need to fabricate members to allow these branches to exist. The members do not really exist. They are just names to make up the numbers so that the branches can be created and thereafter perpetuated. Many branches are mere signboards to give an impression that they exist. There is really no branch activity as such.
Either way it is a farce. If the members do exist then that is bad news because your own members did not vote for you. And if the members do not exist then you are just kidding yourself. Both do not augur well for the ‘largest Islamic party in the world’, as what Umno claims to be.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Umno starts online recruitment
Umno starts online recruitment
KUALA LUMPUR: Those who want to become Umno members can now do so online at the party’s website.
The portal www.daftar.umno.org.my. was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last night at the lobby of Menara Dato’ Onn here.
Abdullah, who arrived at about 8.40pm to chair the party’s supreme council meeting, made a short stop at a stage at the entrance hall to launch the portal.
The portal allows potential members to submit their applications online instead of going through the hassle of collecting and submitting forms.
KUALA LUMPUR: Those who want to become Umno members can now do so online at the party’s website.
The portal www.daftar.umno.org.my. was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last night at the lobby of Menara Dato’ Onn here.
Abdullah, who arrived at about 8.40pm to chair the party’s supreme council meeting, made a short stop at a stage at the entrance hall to launch the portal.
The portal allows potential members to submit their applications online instead of going through the hassle of collecting and submitting forms.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ku Li warns Umno against playing down defection
Ku Li warns Umno against playing down defection
By Adib Zalkapli
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Just days after Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Razak dismissed the possibility of more Barisan Nasional elected representatives crossing over to Pakatan Rakyat, Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said Umno's leadership must take seriously the defection of Perak state assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim to PKR.
"I do not think it is right for our leaders to play down the significance of our losing Nasarudin, or to belittle his intentions.
"That would be to make the same mistake as to play down the significance of our now being unable to win elections," said the Kelantan prince in his latest blog posting, adding that the action of the former Parit MP confirmed the suspicion that the Malay nationalist party continues to lose the people's support since the last general election.
"The results of the 12th general election were a blow, but what appears to have moved Dato' Nasarudin is what has happened, or rather has failed to happen, since then.
"The party continues to come apart and the government to lose support. Not a single effort at party reform has seen the light of day while tired leaders recycle tired formulas. Indeed the leadership is part of the problem," said Tengku Razaleigh.
He added that problems plaguing the party which led to the defection have transformed Umno beyond recognition.
"In a better day it was also a social movement inspired by ideals of service. As members we felt part of something larger than ourselves, part of a noble cause within which we formed many lasting friendships across the country.
"Today's party is barely recognisable to those who joined that party," said Tengku Razaleigh.
He urged Umno leaders to be open to ideas to institute change within the party.
"This is a painful process that can only be mediated by leaders of transparent character, who do not owe their authority to money," he said.
The defection of the Bota assemblyman to PKR just one week after BN's defeat in the Kuala Terengganu by-election has led to speculation that more lawmakers from the ruling coalition especially in Perak were crossing over to PR.
But many BN leaders have described Nasarudin's move as isolated and dismissed the possibility of more crossovers.
By Adib Zalkapli
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Just days after Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Razak dismissed the possibility of more Barisan Nasional elected representatives crossing over to Pakatan Rakyat, Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said Umno's leadership must take seriously the defection of Perak state assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim to PKR.
"I do not think it is right for our leaders to play down the significance of our losing Nasarudin, or to belittle his intentions.
"That would be to make the same mistake as to play down the significance of our now being unable to win elections," said the Kelantan prince in his latest blog posting, adding that the action of the former Parit MP confirmed the suspicion that the Malay nationalist party continues to lose the people's support since the last general election.
"The results of the 12th general election were a blow, but what appears to have moved Dato' Nasarudin is what has happened, or rather has failed to happen, since then.
"The party continues to come apart and the government to lose support. Not a single effort at party reform has seen the light of day while tired leaders recycle tired formulas. Indeed the leadership is part of the problem," said Tengku Razaleigh.
He added that problems plaguing the party which led to the defection have transformed Umno beyond recognition.
"In a better day it was also a social movement inspired by ideals of service. As members we felt part of something larger than ourselves, part of a noble cause within which we formed many lasting friendships across the country.
"Today's party is barely recognisable to those who joined that party," said Tengku Razaleigh.
He urged Umno leaders to be open to ideas to institute change within the party.
"This is a painful process that can only be mediated by leaders of transparent character, who do not owe their authority to money," he said.
The defection of the Bota assemblyman to PKR just one week after BN's defeat in the Kuala Terengganu by-election has led to speculation that more lawmakers from the ruling coalition especially in Perak were crossing over to PR.
But many BN leaders have described Nasarudin's move as isolated and dismissed the possibility of more crossovers.
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