The Umno-Bersatu Gangrenous Wounds

Extracts (only) from Malaysia-Today's The Umno-Bersatu Wounds Will Take Time To Heal:

The Umno grassroots hate PPBM so the Perikatan Nasional relationship is very fragile

And, of course, it is even more difficult for the five-month old Umno-PPBM marriage — a.k.a. Perikatan Nasional. The hatred, currently at least, by the Umno grassroots for PPBM is far worse than their hatred for PAS.

So, this Umno-PAS-PPBM orgy is actually an Umno-PAS-PPBM hate-fest. Of course, the three may be sleeping together in the same bed. But its only for sex. There is absolutely no love involved in this threesome.

The Sabah state elections is going to be the acid test. If Perikatan Nasional can settle their internal differences (especially on the seat distribution issue) and survive Sabah, then they can make it to GE15, whenever that may be.

And there are going to be many people who will try to sabotage the Sabah state election seat negotiations to see three or more corner contests and the resulting collapse of Perikatan Nasional.

PAS may have to play the “pacifier” in the Umno-PPBM relationship to keep Perikatan Nasional together

Who of those many loose mouths are just being stupid and who are actually saboteurs? Not sure, but whatever the case may be, both are damaging Perikatan Nasional solidarity.

Politicians love talking about korban or sacrifice, especially in this season of Hari Raya Haji. But no one practices that so-called korban (they want us, not themselves, to korban). They cannot even korban their ego and they keep talking as if they are so tera and are Allah’s anugerah to humankind.

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kaytee notes:

I agree with RPK in that UMNO hates Bersatu with a vengeance.

Bersatu is of course Parti Pribumi or PPBM, a.k.a UMNO Baru-er, Mahathir's 3rd UMNO and the 2nd he forges himself though he appears to have lost control of it now, BUT his cosy relationship with Ass-binte makes us wonder whether his resignation and undeniable consequential loss of the PH government to the Malay Dignity consortium has in fact been a deep deep deep conspiracy of highly convoluted Machiavellian-ism - we bear in mind Mahathir's not too recent remarks was his detestation for both Anwar and the DAP.

Parti Pribumi (PPBM) or UMNO III

But Machiavellian-ism  or not, UMNO grassroots remember all too vividly the unexpected loss of their presumed "perpetually-in-power" UMNO (II) has been coincidental with Parti Pribumi's participation in Paktan Harapan. Of course many inclduing Malaysiakini's P Gunasegaram and yours truly believe (and still do) that Pakatan Harapan was already on the cusp of victory in May 2018, Mahathir with them or otherwise.

The Old Man went into PH gnam gnam to claim credit for the PH victory, even though his Parti Pribumi won a measly 13 seats out of 52 allocated, whereas PKR won 47 out of 71, DAP 42 out of 47, Amanah 11 out of 34. The victory gave him 113 seats to claim majority rule in Malaysia.

But Mahathir's Parti Pribumi's paltry wins showed that his support in the Heartland was abysmal, and it was only the incorrect strategy of UMNO and PAS in splitting votes that saw PH scrapped through.

Overall PH won only 45.68% of the total votes counted - PKR winning 16.94%, DAP 18.92%, Amanah 5.43% and Parti Pribumi a pitiful 5.95%. OTOH, UMNO won 20.9% whilst PAS secured 16.82%.

As if that was not enough treachery by the founder of UMNO II (the loser of GE14) to eff his old party into opposition, he commenced his frogology by sucking more frogs out of UMNO II, with the aim of making his Parti Pribumi more strong than PKR or the DAP, wakakaka, even if it would be by 'crook' rather than by 'hook', to wit, the people's choice.

UMNO-ites thus hate Parti Pribumi, whether the original Atuk-founded or the Mark II version headed (not helm please) by Muhyiddin and aided by Sembu-nyi.

They're gonna to eff him and his Parti Pribumi whichever whatever whenever way.

Nowadays, shunned by his former over-trusting and over-naive colleagues he preaches nonsense which he didn't doesn't nor will ever practise himself. It carries no credibility but incurs only more wrath. I feel sorry for the inevitable animosity his children will experience.