Muhyiddin Yassin, Khir Toyo & Co caught in dilemma of divided loyalties

themalaysianinsider
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — Wanted: Independent-minded person, personality and charisma optional but must seem able to rise above the ashes of Election 2008 and sound like a reformist on one day and a status quo lover on another. And oh yes, it would help if this person is willing to dump some mud on Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his son-in-law Khairy Jamaludin just to prove his credentials.

This is not a fictitious job. Stung by the election results of 2008, troubled by the weight of opinion in the party shifting against the party president and Prime Minister and sensitive to what a political tsunami can do to political ambitions, a growing number of Umno leaders have begun hedging. Read more...