Rabu, Ogos 29, 2012

‘MUSA REMAINS OUR LEADER’ FOR NOW?

Musa remains our leader, says Umno man

Umno insiders are warning of serious repercussions should Najib Tun Razak refuse to reinvigorate the BN in Sabah, which is fast losing support.

KOTA KINABALU August 29, 2012: Sabah Umno has brushed off claims of a shake-up in the party and that its strongman Musa Aman could well be on the way out ahead of the crucial general election.

Senior Sabah Umno leader, Masidi Manjun, quickly dismissed the news report in FMT as mere rumour, claiming even Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was impressed by Musa’s performance, both as Umno head and chief minister.

“Musa is doing an excellent job leading the party and the state government and the prime minister himself has complimented Musa’s leadership,” he said recently.

“Sabah Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) are fully behind Musa to continue leading the state,” he insisted when reporters asked him on the FMT article that the chief minister was marking time and could be replaced soon.

Local newspapers here yesterday carried Masidi’s denial prominently but party insiders whom FMT contacted insisted that many in Sabah Umno do not subscribe to the party line that Musa is doing an excellent job.

Said one: “If Musa is doing an excellent job as Masidi claimed, how come leaders like Lajim Ukin and Wilfred Bumburing had left? Please explain too why the Kadazandusuns and Chinese and even more Muslims in Sabah are leaving BN?

According to the report, an increasingly embattled Umno could well be forced to do a rescue reshuffle in its “fix-deposit” Sabah’s party hierarchy and state leadership.

The rationale for the reshuffle getting the go-ahead from Najib is reportedly due to grumbling among the business community in the state as well as a series of high-profile defections from Umno as well as other BN parties.

According to well-placed sources, the shake-up would involve Musa taking leave and either Masidi or Hajiji Mohd Noor acting as Sabah chief minister until the general election.

Serious repercussions

However, talk of a shake-up in Sabah Umno is also being seen as a gambit by those close to another Sabah Umno strongman and Musa rival, Shafie Apdal, the current Semporna MP who is a trusted man of Najib, to eventually pave the way for him to helm the state.

This is plausible but Umno insiders are warning of serious repercussions should Najib refuse to reinvigorate the BN in the state which is reportedly steadily losing the support of almost all the communities in the state.

They claimed that party’s interest must be put first and ahead of personal agenda and failure to do so would result in more defections as the election looms.

“The sooner the PM does something, the better we are prepared for the election. Public perception is just as crucial as reality in an election; we cannot afford to carry baggage in a pivotal election like the coming one,” said an Umno leader who requested anonymity.

He said Masidi’s statement was a stock party reply as “there is no way an Umno leader would go ahead and say yes there is truth in the report on Musa”.

“It is better for the party to be courageous than limp into an opposition vicious attacks. Insiders like Lajim and Bumburing could be dishing out damaging information.

“They are already working with Anwar Ibrahim to bring down the party,” said the Umno leader who claimed to be among its founding members in Sabah.

Just before leaving Umno, Lajim hinted that he had informed Najib about the situation in Sabah for the BN and how in his view it was time to replace Musa as chief minister.

The situation in Sabah, according to party insiders, is not unlike that across the border, where there are efforts to replace long-serving Sarawak Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud.

So far, Taib has shown no sign of leaving the scene before the general election.

Luke Rintod

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38 ulasan:

  1. Sabah Umno has brushed off calls for Chief Minister Musa Aman to step down from his post while investigations continue into undeclared money worth hundreds of millions of ringgit in bank accounts said to be linked to him. Musa’s deputy chief in Sabah Umno, Salleh Said Keruak said that Musa is doing a good job for Sabah and there are leaders who are power-crazy and jealous of his achievement.

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    1. I think this is all rumor. In fact, the opposition is calling for so many so called elections or sorts, are just part of the drama.

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  2. There is no reason for Musa to resign just because of slanderous lies being hurled against him. Musa has been chosen by Najib to lead the party in Sabah and all party members will back him all the way and deliver comfortable majority to BN in the coming general election.

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    1. If he does, means he is showing to the oppositions that he is in fact involved in such thing.

      Padam

  3. Musa, who is Sungai Sibuga assemblyman, told government supporters to counter or rectify whatever misconceptions that may have been created by “irresponsible quarters” in cyber space.These slanderous attacks and stories from doubtful sources by irresponsible quarters must be answered wisely by social media friends who can provide the real explanation or give a better picture in that the government is sincere in keeping its promises.

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  4. Musa also called on strengthening the relationship between those using the social media, bloggers and the government to help deflect lies on the Internet.He acknowledged that the social media had become an increasingly crucial part of the BN’s machinery to combat the opposition at the coming general election.

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  5. Looking at it Musa is doing an excellent job leading the party and the state government as the prime minister himself has complimented Musa’s leadership

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  6. Musa is still relevant to hold the CM post.

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    1. Selagi rakyat mahukan Musa jadi CM selagi itulah Musa akan kekal sebagai CM yang terbaik buat Sabah.

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    2. He is and he always do.

      Padam
  7. There are too many people who are jealous of Musa achievement

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    1. Musa ada pencapaian yang baik, mungkin sebab itu ada yang cemburu.

      Padam
    2. Yes in fact there are lots of them.

      Padam
  8. There is no reason for Musa to resign just because of some unsettled speculation.

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  9. Lajim and Bumburing left because of their own personal reason nothing to do with Musa

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  10. Musa adalah CM Sabah dan hormatilah dia.

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    1. kepimpinan Musa sebagai KM amat baik, dia akan terus menjadi Km Sabah.

      Padam
    2. kepimpinan yang baik harus kita sokong.

      Padam
  11. Kita patutnya bersatu menyokong Musa bagi memastikan usahanya membangunkan serta menyelesaikan kemelut yang ada di Sabah berhasil.

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    1. usaha yang baik harus disokong agar mampu membawa kebaikan.

      Padam
  12. Sampai bila-bila pun musa akan kekal jika itu adalah pilihan rakyat:)

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  13. Tapi kita lihat sajalah nanti. Sukar meramal masa depan:P

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    1. ya, sukar untuk meramalkan masa depan, yang penting semua harus berusaha yang terbaik.

      Padam
  14. lebih baik semua fokus terhadap tugas pada rakyat.

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  15. selagi pemimpin menjalankan tugas dengan baik rakyat akan terus memberikan sokongan.

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  16. sokongan padu hanya untuk pihak yang benar2 menyumbang kepada negara

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  17. apa yang penting ialah BN Sabah perlu bersatu dan bukannya berbelah

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    1. BN Sabah lebih bersatu berbanding parti pembangkang sekarang.

      Padam
  18. sokongan padu terhadap kepimpinan Musa perlu kukuh jika BN ingin terus kekal memerintah di Sabah

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    1. Ramai pemimpin tempatan menyokong kuat pemimpinan Datuk Musa Aman seperti Rahman Dahlan dan Shafie Apdal.

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  19. suara rakyat perlu didengari dan diutamakan jika BN ingin mendapat sokongan penuh di musim PRU13

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  20. tanpa sokongan majoriti dari rakyat, tidak mungkin BN akan dapat mempertahankan kedudukannya sebagai ketua parti di Sabah

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    1. Semoga Datuk Musa Aman dapat mengekalkan sokongan orang ramai pada PRU-13.

      Padam
  21. semoga Musa dapat terus kekal sebagai KM Sabah

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    1. Ramai rakyat sudah mengiktiraf kepimpinan Musa Aman sebagai KM kita. Sabah melihat pembangunan yang pesat dibawah beliau.

      Padam
  22. semua pemimpin2 BN Sabah menyokong penuh kepimpinan Datuk Musa Aman. oleh itu, tidak ada alasan kenapa perlu beliau digugurkan..

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  23. Datuk Musa Aman tetap pemimpin kita, semoga beliau akan teruskan usaha untuk membawa Sabah ke arah negeri membangun.

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