Only Isa’s name will be submitted by Teluk Kemang Umno

That headline in The Malaysian Insider this morning said it all. As I have said previously in my piece on “The Arrogance of Power” where I said:

“That all this has become the norm for UMNO frightens me. This is the arrogance of power that I am talking about. Perhaps the most outrageous example of this arrogance is their inability to understand that there are another points of view to be considered other then their own. To them any deviations from their point of view is a conspiracy to undermine their ability to hold on to power – no matter what”.

Is it not arrogant of UMNO to force upon this country another UMNO member found guilty of corruption charges related to money politics during the UMNO General Assembly Elections of 2005? This is the part that I simply cannot understand – that after fielding a disbarred lawyer at the last by-election in Permatang Pasir they are now going to field a corrupt politician convicted by their own disciplinary board!

Yes he has served his sentence!

Yes he should be given a second chance in life!

Yes everybody likes him in Negri Sembilan.

Yes if they do not field Isa Samad there will be problems in that state because the UMNO WAR LORDS of the state wants him!

BUT HE IS CORRUPT!

Let me ask Najib this. In the things that UMNO does is morality and decency not a consideration to be looked at?

Do you not have the moral back bone to do the right thing and stand up against these UMNO Negri Sembilan War Lords and tell them:

“NO we will not have Isa Samad as our candidate for Bagan Pinang because he is corrupt. To do so will show disrespect to the UMNO Disciplinary Board and more important will show disrespect to the people in Negri Sembilan”. THIS IS THE DECISION OF THE UMNO SUPREME COUNCIL!

As PKR Teluk Kemang MP Dato Kamrul Bahrain said today: “It’s good for us if Isa is selected, it shows there is a talent shortage in Umno”.

So let us look at this again.

1.   Isa Samad is an UMNO politician convicted of corruption by UMNO’s own Disciplinary Board.

2.   If Isa is selected it confirms that the Negri Sembilan War Lords can impose its demands on the  UMNO Supreme Council.

3.   Bagan Pinang has 14,500 voters of which 4,900 are postal voters – military. Their votes are in your hands –literally! (As Hishamuddin said what he would like to do to the bloggers “Dalam Genggaman!”) Do you want to test the resolve of the others by fielding a corrupt Isa Samad?

Now if you are still not able to process the above arguments and come up with what is the right thing to do – let me spell it out for you.

THE RIGHT THING FOR UMNO TO DO IS NOT EVEN THINK OF FIELDING ANY CONVICTED UMNO MEMBER AS A CANDIDATE IN ANY BY-ELECTION OR ANY GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Put that in your constitution because that will be the RIGHT and DECENT thing to do and begin the first step towards making UMNO relevant again to the Malays.