UMNO Members Should Learn More About Teamwork

BERNAMA:

September 14, 2008 20:24 PM

Najib's Remarks In Line With Umno Constitution - Mubarak

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 (Bernama) -- The remarks by Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to let party members decide on the power transition plan are in line with Umno constitution.

Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang who is the president of Former People's Representatives Council Malaysia (Mubarak), said that according to the party's constitution, the leadership is determined by delegates to general assembly and they in turn are elected at the division level.

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Our Comment:

1. We saw the President of MUBARAK on TV last night. He looked really concerned about the future of UMNO and Malaysia.

2. Being an ex-People's Representative, he very well know that the people must come first before oneself or the party that they represent. However, we have two (2) reservations on him as follows:

2.1 He said that Muhyiddin has been consistent all this while in asking Abdullah to step down. We think that Muhyiddin is not being rational enough. We know that he has been asking Abdullah to step down even before the 12th GE. But when a consensus has been made, he should not have repeated his call in public. This is the spirit of consensus and teamwork. This was not reported by BERNAMA.

2.2 He also said that Najib is right in saying that the transition plan is for the delegates to decide and endorse. We do not question the rules in UMNO, but we question as in 2.1, the spirit of the mutual understanding and agreement made by all the MT members in the meeting. Once an agreement has been made, one cannot betray this decision although one is still not in favor of it because the majority has spoken. However, this does not mean that this matter cannot be tabled in the upcoming Convention. At the moment, all MT members must refrain from going against the consensus. This is the correct spirit in a well-organized body.

3. So, we recommend the members of UMNO to take a crash course on the disciplines of meeting, consensus and teamwork in an organization. It seems that they are so lacking in this area and are causing the split and chaos in UMNO now, amongst them.

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