When UMNO is ‘biadap’

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Kijal assemblyman, Datuk Ahmad Said, will be appointed as the new Mentri Besar of Terengganu, ending two weeks of speculations. His appointment by the Terengganu palace was against the desire of Barisan Nasional and UMNO, who wanted incumbent MB Datuk Idris Jusoh to remain as Mentri Besar. Therefore, 22 BN assemblymen in the state planned to boycott the swearing in ceremony to be held on Sunday. Read the story here.

A week or so ago, when Mr. Lim Kit Siang of the DAP released a statement asking Perak DAP assemblymen to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of PAS’ Mr. Mohd. Nizar, many quarters and especially UMNO, proclaimed that the opposition man was ‘biadap‘ for not respecting the choice of the Regent of Perak, Raja Nazrin. UMNO’s official mouthpiece, Utusan Malaysia even carried the headline ‘DAP Biadap‘. In fact, amongst the various ‘demands’ by the UMNO (and associates) protesters in Selangor and Perak was an apology by Mr. Lim Kit Siang on his statement, who incidentally had apologized to the Perak regent on the very net day.

If Mr. Lim was biadap then UMNO Terengganu is also biadap here. By stating their intentions to boycott the ceremony and submitting a letter of protest, they are going against the wishes and decision of the Terengganu regent. And by their own definition that they have imposed upon Mr. Lim, going against the Malay sultans is an act of biadap.

As such, I urge the people of Terengganu to protest somewhere in Terengganu to demand an apology for the act of biadap displayed by their elected assemblymen. I also urge that we write to Utusan Malaysia to demand they carry the headline ‘UMNO Biadap‘.

I admit that I’m full of glee at what’s happening to UMNO and BN these days. It seems like whatever they did and said will backfire on them.