While this latest display of decisiveness by the MACC is none other than a fulfilment of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's long-awaited promise for reform and zero-tolerance on corruption, there are still certain quarters of the UMNO hegemony who did not seem all too happy about the fold of events.
On January 29, it was reported that members of the Youth and Putera wings of UMNO protested against the MACC by handing over a memorandum to Badawi, condemning the commission's intervention of the party's internal affairs. The group gathered at the main entrance to Menara Datuk Onn, the building where UMNO leaders were scheduled to hold a supreme council meeting to voice their discontentment.
The protesters held up placards that read “The Disciplinary Board is senile,” “Don’t take away our rights” and “We reject the MACC, butt out!” and further criticised the chairman of the UMNO Diciplinary Board, Tan Sri Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail's suggestion that the party’s wings be dissolved to curb money politics.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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