Youth Without Youth

I just saw the latest film from Francis Ford Coppola titled ‘Youth without Youth’. How did I find the story? Well it’s neither like ‘The Godfather’ nor ‘Apocalypse Now’. Infact I didn’t get what he was trying to say. I don’t blame him. I think my mental and physical self wasn’t in the mood to watch something heavy.

I was at the PWTC on Thursday. I think the mental and physical state of some of the Perwakilan needs some flushing with ‘Clorox’. They don’t reflect their age, and I think some of them are worst than Benjamin Button in his teen.

Najib spoke about bringing changes into UMNO and also BN. But look at the current youth, can they bring changes? Some of them are brash, arrogant and rude to the core. I was hoping to see a more civilize contest for the youth position. But unfortunately the supporters never heard the word ‘civilize’.

I don’t agree with the election result for the Youth Chief, but I have to accept it. None from UMNO can complaint about it as they’re part of the system that condones the democratic system in the party. Like Najib said, it’s high time for revamp in election mechanism.

We can’t let the decision to elect party leadership being left in the hands of selected few. They are prone to being bribe and tend to decide for themselves, and not for what the divisions have decided earlier.

Look at the nomination stage. Mukhriz was leading and yet he got the lowest vote. How can that happen? Nominations are signals from the majority members but we unwillingly give opportunity for the Perwakilan to change the grassroots’ choice based on their qualms and fancies. I short, the Perwakilan betrayed what the grassroots’ have decided before hand.

The youth are giving the wrong signal to the general public. They accepted a leader proven guilty for corruption. It looks as if they condone corruption.

Besides than the Perwakilan, I blame the Lembaga Disiplin for this embarrassing result. KJ was found guilty and they let him off the hook with a warning. If you’re guilty then you’re guilty.

There’s no 2 way about it.

I made myself clear on my sentiment on the Youth election. It’s a victory reluctantly accepted by the Youth majority. But life has to go on. And it’s KJ’s responsibility to prove his worth.

Everyone is watching him.

What I would love to see is that the Youth division plays a more active role as a watchdog rather than being a government lap dog. They shouldn’t hold back any criticism towards the government and the leaders in government should accept it positively.

In fact they are the one who should be the first to react to any wrong doings. By being the first to criticize the government, they are not giving room to the opposition to condemn and sensationalize the issue.

A Youth division without its youth spirit is more to a cat than a tiger. I sincerely hope the Youth division won’t turn into a coward feline that forgets how to roars. But please eat more brain food than Nasi Lemak. There are too many ‘fats’ in the brain. The speeches and debates are mere rhetoric and lack of substance.