Add DR Mahathir back to the complex UMNO equation

March 29th, 2009 lawrence.gan

Prove that:
TanA+TanB+TanC=(TanA)(TanB)(TanC)
Too easy?

How about this:
Prove that E = mc²
Still too easy?

NOW TRY THIS:
What do you get when you have Dr Mahathir, Khairy Jamaluddin (son-in-law of PM Abdullah), DPM Najib (soon to be PM of Malaysia), Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (soon to be DPM) and the influences of out-going PM Abdullah, Mukhriz Mahathir (son of DR Mahathir) all in UMNO?

 
Image of Dr Mohathir Mohamed

No one knows for sure (thats why this is tough~). The equation is complex because Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not disguise his unhappiness about the way outgoing PM Abdullah has managed UMNO and Malaysia in general.

One generation down, Khairy Jamaluddin (son-in-law of PM Abdullah) has just beat Mukhriz Mahathir (son of DR Mahathir) to the post of Umno Youth president and their distaste for each other could not be more pronounced.

A highly respected figure in Malaysian politics, Dr Mahathir welds much influence after being the longest serving Prime Minister in Malaysia from 1981 to 2003. He has stepped out of the UMNO limelight since May 2008 but has been critical of the current administration headed by PM Abdullah Badawi. Dr Mahathir’s comments are still well carried by Malaysian newspapers as well as his blog at Chedet.com.

And the answer might be disclosed sooner than later. On 28th Mar 2009, Dr Mahathir told reporters: “I will rejoin UMNO. When – I will tell you later,” during a surprise visit to the closing session of the party’s five-day annual congress.

In-coming PM Najib Tun Razak will have to use all his wits to ensure any internal debacles does not distract the party from delivering on promises of weeding out corruptions, as well as produce a better campaign result in the next general election. A little more about PM Najib Tun Razak – he is the eldest son of the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak (a highly respected PM). At the age of 23, Najib was also the youngest member of parliament to be elected.

He attended the University of Nottingham, where he received a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics in 1974. Hopefully, this formal education that he received, and several decades of political experience will suffice for him to be the next Math genius, at least in the UMNO context.

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