Both Mahathir and Najib have read the writing on the wall.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad in his 22-year tenure as the fourth prime minister of Malaysia had undoubtedly brought development to the country, but his reign was seriously tainted with wrongdoings that brought many misfortunes upon the people.
In the Umno party elections in 1988, Mahathir resorted to unlawful tactics to win the presidency.
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The cheating led to the party being declared an unlawful society by the court and subsequently was deregistered.The Mahathir team wasted no time and immediately registered a new Umno party.
Legally speaking, the present Umno is a different political party and its philosophy and spirit different from the original Umno founded by our founding fathers in 1946.
But Mahathir despised the old Umno and what it stood for: independence and a democratic system of governance founded on the principles of justice and liberty. As such, he was callous to what happened to the 1946 party.
The new Umno stood for his aspiration, development at any cost and material pursuits. He used Umno Baru and the government machinery as his own personal MPV (multipurpose vehicle).
In the aftermath of the 2004 general election, Mahathir resigned from Umno in protest against the then premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi whom he blamed for the Umno-BN debacle in the polls.
He even called for the party’s top brass to leave the party.
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