Are Mahathir’s “good ones from UMNO” good?

Abasir: This has turned out to be the biggest con played on gullible Malaysians since 1957. When compared to this wanton betrayal of trust, 1MDB really amounts to nothing.

The “good ones” referred to by the cunning and utterly ruthless Dr Mahathir Mohamad are directly responsible for encouraging and enabling the following: an irreparably disunited nation poisoned by ketuanan Melayu/Islam; the active and deliberate promotion of mediocrity in every sphere; the breakdown of law and order that enabled, for example, the forced disappearance of citizens and the deaths of thousands in custody; rampant corruption in the uniformed and civil services; the sowing of religious discord by fanatical state-sponsored imams; and the wholesale thieving in the name of “bangsa dan agama”.

What is all the more disturbing is that this deception has been perpetrated on the people in the name of “Harapan”. The country is truly cursed.

Some questions. If Mahathir had, before May 9, informed Malaysians of his intentions to open Bersatu PRIBUMI to these “good ones”, a few months down the line, would Pakatan Harapan be where it is today?

Was this manoeuvre to boost his ranks with “good ones” from Umno discussed beforehand with his Harapan partners or has it been a nasty shock for them too?

And finally, by what or whose yardstick does Bersatu PRIBUMI determine who is good and who isn’t? Is Mahathir’s political secretary Muhammad Zahid Md Arip, named in the Isa Samad/Felda charges as a corruption enabler, a shining example of a “good one”?

CKL: With each turn of the lens, the object is coming into sharper focus. Bersatu PRIBUMI is now almost indistinguishable from Umno, except for a few individuals like Najib, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Ku Nan (Tengku Adnan).

It is a party of the Malays, for the Malays. It is not a multiracial reform-minded party like PKR and DAP, or even Amanah. It could well end up with as many MPs as PKR and DAP.

This will pose challenges, especially for prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim. Political control will then depend on where Warisan and the Sarawak parties put their loyalties. Interesting times ahead.

Anonymous_b3cdcd05: If there are good people in Umno, they should have supported Tun (Mahathir) when he stood up against the kleptocrat. But none did. Where were the good people Tun speaks of?

That is why Tun had to throw in the towel to the party he formed, and seek the help of Harapan to oust the kleptocrat. Tun must thank the kleptocrat as without him none of the Harapan parties would have accepted him.

Tun was accepted only because of the common monster they wanted to slay. To be fair to Harapan, Tun must give an undertaking that none of the frogs from Umno will be given any role in government.

Mushiro: Tun seems to be setting the rules and changing the rules according to the convenience of Bersatu PRIBUMI. He is greedy for Bersatu PRIBUMI to expand by hook or by crook and take control of Harapan.

Surprisingly, not many PKR, DAP and Amanah leaders are willing to speak up.

Hmmm…: Mahathir is not in touch with the grassroots if he thinks that he had a reputation of being “one of the good people in Umno”.

In GE14, the rakyat had to choose between two evils, and they chose what they thought was the lesser evil. Now it is being revealed that the lesser evil is perhaps greater than we thought.