Muhyiddin's 7 ingredients to ensure victory
Published: Dec 3, 2011 1:18 PM | Updated: Dec 3, 2011 1:56 PM
Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin today outlined seven ingredients that would ensure Umno and the BN victory at the polls.
Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin today outlined seven ingredients that would ensure Umno and the BN victory at the polls.
"I think there is no magic ingredients to ensure Umno and Barisan National's victory in the general election other than implementing our focus over the next few years.
"We have to work hard to ensure the party's victory, then God willing, our party will succeed," he said when winding up the debate at the Umno General Assembly 2011 in Kuala Lumpur today.
The ingredients are unity, loyalty, service, sacrifice, hard work, acceptance and submission, he added.
The deputy prime minister said the most important ingredient was unity in line with Umno's slogan.
"To win, unity is important as I have mentioned at the Wanita, Youth and Puteri assemblies. It is important that we have unity of hearts, minds and objective. and all these translated into unity in our resolve," he said.
He also reminded party members not to cause new problems, including resorting to back-stabbing and sabotage.
The deputy prime minister said secondly, Umno members must be loyal and should not take action that could be deemed not toeing the line.
"Do not do anything against the party's ethics and damage the party during this important and challenging time," he said.
Don’t score own goals
Muhyiddin said thirdly, Umno members must serve wholeheartedly to the party and should not be calculative in performing their tasks.
"We are in a critical moment. We need to double our efforts as the president had said 'business is not as usual'. Do not take the same approach without taking into account the changing times and environment," he said.
Fourthly, he said all Umno members must be willing to sacrifice for the party regardless of time, energy and thinking without expecting any reward.
For the fifth ingredient, he said everyone in the party must strive for victory in the election as hard work would guarantee success.
“Umno members must be good team players just like in a football team. A good striker should play upfront, a goalkeeper should play as a goalkeeper and not becoming a striker or vice-versa.
"And what is most important is not to score own goals. This is a taboo in football as well as in the election, do not score own goals," he added.
Beware of the enemies within
On the sixth ingredient, acceptance (redha), he said Umno members should accept qada and qadar (destiny and fate) if they were not selected to contest in the general election.
"Everything is determined by God, if one is not selected as a candidate this time around, it is ordained. You have to accept it (redha) and should not be disappointed as being redha will be rewarded, maybe not in the form of rezeki (sustenance) this time around," he said.
After putting the hard work, he said party members must submit to God as the last ingredient for victory in the election.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin said the Umno president had agreed on a proposal that the disciplinary board should monitor party members violating the party's rules before and during the election.
He said during the 2008 general election, 22 cases from six states were brought to the party's disciplinary board, of which three members were dismissed while six suspended for three years.
Another member was given a stern warning for violating party discipline while 12 others were let off as they were no concrete evidence against them, he added.
- Bernama
"I think there is no magic ingredients to ensure Umno and Barisan National's victory in the general election other than implementing our focus over the next few years.
"We have to work hard to ensure the party's victory, then God willing, our party will succeed," he said when winding up the debate at the Umno General Assembly 2011 in Kuala Lumpur today.
The ingredients are unity, loyalty, service, sacrifice, hard work, acceptance and submission, he added.
The deputy prime minister said the most important ingredient was unity in line with Umno's slogan.
"To win, unity is important as I have mentioned at the Wanita, Youth and Puteri assemblies. It is important that we have unity of hearts, minds and objective. and all these translated into unity in our resolve," he said.
He also reminded party members not to cause new problems, including resorting to back-stabbing and sabotage.
The deputy prime minister said secondly, Umno members must be loyal and should not take action that could be deemed not toeing the line.
"Do not do anything against the party's ethics and damage the party during this important and challenging time," he said.
Don’t score own goals
Muhyiddin said thirdly, Umno members must serve wholeheartedly to the party and should not be calculative in performing their tasks.
"We are in a critical moment. We need to double our efforts as the president had said 'business is not as usual'. Do not take the same approach without taking into account the changing times and environment," he said.
Fourthly, he said all Umno members must be willing to sacrifice for the party regardless of time, energy and thinking without expecting any reward.
For the fifth ingredient, he said everyone in the party must strive for victory in the election as hard work would guarantee success.
“Umno members must be good team players just like in a football team. A good striker should play upfront, a goalkeeper should play as a goalkeeper and not becoming a striker or vice-versa.
"And what is most important is not to score own goals. This is a taboo in football as well as in the election, do not score own goals," he added.
Beware of the enemies within
On the sixth ingredient, acceptance (redha), he said Umno members should accept qada and qadar (destiny and fate) if they were not selected to contest in the general election.
"Everything is determined by God, if one is not selected as a candidate this time around, it is ordained. You have to accept it (redha) and should not be disappointed as being redha will be rewarded, maybe not in the form of rezeki (sustenance) this time around," he said.
After putting the hard work, he said party members must submit to God as the last ingredient for victory in the election.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin said the Umno president had agreed on a proposal that the disciplinary board should monitor party members violating the party's rules before and during the election.
He said during the 2008 general election, 22 cases from six states were brought to the party's disciplinary board, of which three members were dismissed while six suspended for three years.
Another member was given a stern warning for violating party discipline while 12 others were let off as they were no concrete evidence against them, he added.
- Bernama
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