Wednesday, September 24, 2008

UMNO No 1 and 2 should not be sacrosanct

I've learnt a new word today, sacrosanct - treated as if holy : immune from criticism or violation
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrosanct. Yes that describes UMNO well.

Rais wants contest for Umno's top 2 posts
Sep 24, 08 4:03pm
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/90308

The two top positions in Umno must be contested in order to strengthen the party's democratic process, said Umno supreme council and Foreign Minister Dr Rais Yatim.

"Umno is in dire need of a strong democratic process and I belong to that group where the (positions) of the president and the deputy president should be challenged," he said.
...
"Any office should be subject to contests - public office should not be sacrosanct - Umno should go through a process of reversion," back to the way it was," he said.

Contest for the party's top two positions became off-limits following the 1987 battle for presidency between the then incumbent Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.
...

No comments: