by INVISIBLEWRITER001
One is busy minding other political party’s business.
The other has the charisma but is too cunning for the party’s own good.
The last choice seems to be diplomatic and too nice for a youth leader.
I’m talking about 3 candidates for UMNO Youth Chief. Gone were the days where firebrands roam within UMNO. This was prevalent in UMNO then. They were the one who will fight for the rakyat.
Unfortunately the voices are muted; they’ve turned docile like a domesticated Panthera tigris malayensis.
What happens when cats turned into kittens? The rakyat will look somewhere else for security.
They need someone else to fight for them. In 2008, the rakyat have shown what they can do. So, listen to what they gotta say. And this is what UMNO Youth used to do. Listen and speak out on behalf of the rakyat.
This is the problem when the youth who used to voice out for the rakyat, today is part of the government mechanism. How can the youth expose the wrong doings of the government or bring forward the problems faced by the rakyat when they themselves are part of the system?
The challenge for the next youth leader is to bridge that gap. Forget about cabinet position. Go down to the grassroot and be the voice of the rakyat. Let the Prime Minister lead the nation and the Youth leader lead the rakyat. But unfortunately today, there seems to be lack of potential leader among the youth rank.
There are 3 of them vying for the position. Khir Toyo is busy being a micro analyst. Trying to analyse every single move made by the Selangor State government and questioning every single decision made. Maybe he should question the amount of money the state government spent on toilet papers.
We the rakyat don’t need a leader who is so busy ‘jaga tepi kain orang’. Let them do their job. If we’re not happy with their performance, we’ll chase them out come next election, like what we did to him. We want him to look into our problems. In fact these problems have deep rooted during his leadership.
Khairy Jamaluddin is too cunning for his own good. He has the charisma. He’s articulate and to some extent considered quite brave too. At some point especially today, UMNO need a brash Youth leader.
To some, KJ is like Anwar when the latter was in the youth leadership. And they also thought he’s like Anwar today, someone who can’t be trusted. A snake with devious plans. Harshly put, someone who would sell his soul to the devil.
What about Mukhriz? Well…I have doubt. He got a lot of nominations because behind closed doors, majority hates KJ. And with Pak Lah leaving, they gave their nominations to Mukhriz.
I don’t think he’s brash. I don’t think he’s that articulate. He doesn’t like confrontation and he don’t believe in provocation.
He’s more of the diplomatic type. UMNO Youth don’t need it, let the Prime Minister be diplomatic. UMNO Youth need someone that will take the bull by its horn, someone who is willing to go heads on against his nemesis. And as far as Mukhriz has proven, he didn’t have that.
What UMNO Youth need is a nice ‘bad boy’. Someone who is articulate, smart, has deep sense of responsibility for the rakyat, who don’t mind confrontation and provocation and not forgetting, someone who’s easily accessible without too many gatekeepers.
In a nutshell, a bad boy who works for the rakyat, not the government!
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