The UMNO mini-series

Excerpt taken from Malaysia Today.
Note: Readers to exercise their discretion when reading the following excerpt.

“You sure you were not followed?” asked the UMNO insider, glancing over his shoulders.

“Of course not!” I replied. “Why should I be followed?”

“Who knows? You are an ex-ISA detainee. I am sure the Special Branch is monitoring your movements.”

“Don’t worry,” I assured him. “I made sure I went round and round on my bike to shake off any possible tails.”

“And make sure you don’t mention my name,” he stressed, yet again. “When you made that report on ABIM you said, ‘someone close to the previous Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’. That’s dangerous. Everyone can suspect who you mean though you never mentioned his name.”

“Don’t worry,” I assured him again. “I will not make that mistake again.”

“Mahathir did not intend to retire after October 2003,” said the UMNO insider after he had calmed down. “He was never given a chance to finish his closing speech. They quickly surrounded him and escorted him off the stage. If Mahathir had been allowed to finish his speech, he would have announced that he planned to retire at the end of this year, not the end of next year.”

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I believe that no appointed leaders will be perfect. They'll fall short. They may turn out to be corrupted. Or unintellectual. Or perverted. Or they probably just have a plain ugly face. These are traits of imperfections.

Nevertheless, it doesn't give anyone permission to not try harder or to manipulate anyone/situations. All in all, leadership comes with making conscious effort humbling one's self, self-sacrificing, and to be all loving and determined at the same time. Not to forget the most potent ingredient - INTEGRITY.

Neither TDM, AAB, Najib, nor DSAI will make a perfect leader. But just as long as one's intention is clear and know to whom they serve, the rakyats will be more forgiving.

Till then, let's wait and see who's the next emerging hero to save these scumbags from hot soup.