Wanita UMNO's post catfight

My say...

Now that Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has voiced her intention to challenged Rafidah Aziz for the UMNO Wanita's post, this writer fears that Shahrizat may have been lulled into the same trap Anwar Ibrahim experienced when he challenged the wily Mahathir Mohammed for UMNO presidency. Shahrizat will do well to remember that Anwar finally blamed his supporters' impatience and his political inexperience to gauge the voices of the delegates. Delegates are turncoats whenever things are not progressing as they wished. Its a strange thing politics. Anwar has since then been banished into political wilderness and now a wash-out and proven liar incapable of delivering promises. This writer has no hesitant to believe that UMNO will come back stronger to wrestle all the other states back in the next General Election.

Rafidah has nothing to lose as she has already stated her intention to leave by June next year. If she loses, she will just pack her bags and leave, at least knowing that she had put up a good fight. Now that push comes to shove, I think Rafidah will have the edge to remove this impatient upstart once and for all. Mind you, her loyalists still controls a majority of the delegates by any means. By throwing every caution to the wind, Shahrizat has even dishonored her word. She did mention time and again she will not challenge in public media. If she had said she made the comments in duress and had not the strength to resist at any particular time, she has indeed just declared herself incompetent and a weak-willed leader. She will face a long and tumultous reign if ever she wins Wanita's top post surrounded by sharks.

This writer is never a supporter of Rafidah ever since the AP permit fiasco bursts into the scene. She should have resigned there and then. Indeed, she has overstayed her welcome. But due to the novice moves of her deputies, she will remain really a force to reckon for a long time to come. And congratulations to Kamilia Ibrahim. She seems the brightest of the lot after managed to egg Shahrizat to go for it! Kamilia may have even supplied Shahrizat the final nail to the latter's coffin, politically speaking. She is now shoo in for the Deputy and who knows soon for the top post against such a dishonored, novice and easily swayed Shahrizat if, and only if, Shahrizat wins.