UPDATED! - Nov 8 - 1730hrs.
OK! Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has not quit Umno, as speculated yesterday (based on strong 'signals' from a Pakatan Rakyat supreme leader).
Ku Li did call for a Press Conference at his posh Langgak Golf residence in Ampang at noon today. The Umno leader, as reported below, merely spoke about the polls reform that the Government and the Parliamentary Select Committee should be doing.
I notice that Ku Li's statement is rather redundant and appeared to be telling the government and PSC something which they have started doing a few weeks ago.
Was there a last minute twist in the 'agenda' of the Press Conference which was also attended by disgruntled former MCA president Ong Tee Keat and former MIC deputy president Datuk S.Subramaniam?
Whatever it was, Ku Li has not quit Umno and BN, and he remains as the main actor in Undilah!
p/s Sorry Ku Li, IF the earlier posting had shed you in bad light, but that was the talk of town yesterday and even today.
Many within BN think that you still want to be the PM. I hope they are wrong.
OK! Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has not quit Umno, as speculated yesterday (based on strong 'signals' from a Pakatan Rakyat supreme leader).
Ku Li did call for a Press Conference at his posh Langgak Golf residence in Ampang at noon today. The Umno leader, as reported below, merely spoke about the polls reform that the Government and the Parliamentary Select Committee should be doing.
I notice that Ku Li's statement is rather redundant and appeared to be telling the government and PSC something which they have started doing a few weeks ago.
Was there a last minute twist in the 'agenda' of the Press Conference which was also attended by disgruntled former MCA president Ong Tee Keat and former MIC deputy president Datuk S.Subramaniam?
Whatever it was, Ku Li has not quit Umno and BN, and he remains as the main actor in Undilah!
p/s Sorry Ku Li, IF the earlier posting had shed you in bad light, but that was the talk of town yesterday and even today.
Many within BN think that you still want to be the PM. I hope they are wrong.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government should reform the electoral system first before calling for the general election, Umno stalwart and Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (Amanah) president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today.
“We welcome the government’s decision to set up the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). The government must take in all views, including those before Bersih and after, to ensure a free and fair election,” Razaleigh told a press conference at his residence here.
He said that the PSC should be allowed to complete its task expeditiously and all relevant laws amended appropriately and put in place before the general election is called.
Razaleigh, or better known as Ku Li, said that the Bersih 2.0 mass rally on July 9 need not have happened if the government had responded properly.
“I had passed a message to the government asking them to meet with the organisers. What happened was unfortunate; people came out in the thousands despite threats, and it was a mixed crowd too…,” Razaleigh said.
The group’s deputy president Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir added: “There’s talk as if election is going to be held tomorrow. We think the election should be held after PSC has completed its task and its recommendations implemented. Otherwise, there’s no meaning.
“If they hold elections before the PSC had done its job, then it’s like main-main saja (not serious). It’s just drama, and that’s not so nice. We would have preferred a royal commission to look into electoral reforms. The government should be sincere,” said Abdul Kadir, the former tourism minister.
He said that the government is now aware that “these are changed times” and the sovereignty of the people should be respected and taken into account.
He also said that Amanah supported Hulu Selangor MP P Kamalanathan’s suggestion that there should be a “neutral caretaker” government once the government is dissolved for election.
Razaleigh’s call today came amid speculation that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak would dissolve the Parliament this Friday (Nov 11), with the general election due to be held on Dec 13.
On speculations that Amanah was planning on becoming a new political party, Razaleigh said that it was formed as an NGO, but did not rule out the possibility of it evolving in future. - FMT
Is Ku Li preparing to jump ship?
Will Ku Li, the Kelantan Umno veteran, be calling for a press conference tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 8) to announce his decision and that of a few other fellow Amanah leaders to join Pakatan Rakyat?
This is the latest, if not the hottest, rumour in town.
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah: the one time Umno strongman and longest serving Gua Musang Umno division chairman, former Finance Minister and recently minted Amanah (an NGO) leader somehow appears to be struggling to get into the ring, again… or so they say.
The talk of Tengku Razaleigh, who once lost in the bid to be Umno president, trying to stage a grand political comeback has been the talk of town for quite sometime now.
The 74 year-old Kelantan prince, better known as Ku Li, was seen to be preparing to part ways with Umno since before he formed Amanah the NGO sometime last year.
But talk of Ku Li being courted by a certain political party in Kelantan resurfaced earlier this year and that snowballed into allegations that Ku Li has had a few secret talks with Opposition leaders, including
Ku Li, it was said, was ready to jump out of Umno and Barisan Nasional provided he was allowed to lead the Opposition pact of DAP, PAS and PKR.
When talk of Ku Li’s secret meeting surfaced, there were lots of flip-flop statements from the Opposition leaders. Nik Aziz was just fuming and condemned those who raised the issue without any clear denial that Pas was also interested in Ku Li.
Anwar Ibrahim, the current Opposition leader without an elected party position whom Ku Li was ‘supposed’ to replace, didn’t say much to confirm or deny that there were backdoor moves to remove him. Anwar just said he ‘was not in the know of such meetings’.
But talk of Ku Li being courted as the 'replacement leader' got louder after he was featured in the Opposition-toned Undilah video.
In this controversial video (below), Ku Li says 'She has many problems' referring to this nation.
We wait for tomorrow.
If tomorrow never comes... Ku Li shall remain a respected Umno veteran and an 'Undilah' actor.
