cabinet line up 6/10

yesterday i told a friend that i would give the cabinet line up a 6 out of 10 score. my friend was perplexed, and retorted back that i should give the prime minister more credit. Well to be fair, i said to him that my assessment of the cabinet of the cabinet has moved a full 2 basis point. the last time i give a mere 4 out of 10 to the old cabinet.isnt 6 good enough? (even bernanke couldnt be convinced to cut rates by a full basis point :) but im digressing)


OKlah, lets be objective and fair to the party president.

He has done very well to dismiss Rafidah Aziz. i mean, although i might have personal issues with her, but then again, who doesnt? there are probably members of PEKEMA (Persatuan Pengimport Dan Peniaga Melayu Malaysia) who went out last night celebrating over the news. It is an open secret that Rafidah has been the dalang behind the AP issue which has certainly irked many in UMNO and outside. not to mention, the general public too. Proton shares has probably gone up a bit after her dismissal, although it remains to be seen what NAZA will do to react to this news. Many in the automobile industry knows that NAZA depends on Rafidah and her dismissal would put them virtually on a lifeline. As a rakyat, i hope that this will be the first step towards liberalizing the auto market. Its not fair that we the rakyat are made to buy ONLY cheap proton or cheap Naza (whos car are no good anyways and just merely a stamp of naza but actually made in korea or france) when what we all want is cheap mercedes, bmw, toyota and honda!

Tengku Lingam's dismissal from the cabinet, although much welcomed when first announced, has now invited criticism because he is now installed at the Setiausaha Agung UMNO (and also for BN). I think this is really uncalled for. I think many knows why Dato Seri Radzi has now fallen of favour with the PM, but of all people, why must PM as president of the party appoints Tengku Lingam as our SU of UMNO and BN??

Although the Lingam's inquiry has yet to produce its report, any thinking monkey or donkey in this country would have realised that there is no way that this Tengku Lingam can be said to have no involvement at all with the Lingam case. it is so obvious that not only he is a corrupt person, he is also someone who is known to corrupt others as well along the way.

How can we expect to have reform in umno when we have a corrupted Secretary General of UMNO?? this will also open up UMNO to be attacked by DSAI and the gang.Why are we stupid enough to allow this to happen?

Please, by god, dismiss this Tengku Lingam into political wilderness. Make him a senator or you can make him an ambassador and send him to Mongolia or something. Or maybe Bhutan.


Yes people are also unhappy that Nazri Aziz is still on board, but then again, as an UMNO person, i can totally understand this. To be fair, although many find him rather distasteful as a Minister, but you have to understand that he has always come to defend Pak Lah at the forefront of the battlefield. So i think it is only fair that Pak Lah repays him with another term. Fair enough lah, at least he didnt arrange for some judges to go for a NZ trip or blew up some foreigner or give AP's to family and next to kin members. Yes yes, we all find him annoying and always saying the wrong things in the Parliament, but think about it, 5 years without a youtube scene of him shouting in the parliament, im sure some of us will miss him :) Plus, i am sure you opposition people would be happy to have a wild duch to shoot at when Parliament opens.

Mike Tyson aka Tan Sri Muhammad Taib should also be excluded. Well fair enough Pak Lah needs support in the cabinet, but the dude is ancient history lah. I do find him likable though.

I also think Azalina shouldnt be in the cabinet. Yes he won the elections, he has also probably done OK as minister of youth, but in UMNO, who is he? Does he represent Wanita UMNO? I dont think many Wanita UMNO would agree with that? Does he represent Puteri UMNO? nope, he resigned already. Is he an elected member of our Majlis Tertinggi UMNO? No also. So why is he there?

Pak Lah should have instead elected a true Wanita member. Yes, Rafidah should be out and Shahrizat lost, but ramai lagi wanita yang menang elections. Halimah sadique for one is a good candidate (but of course some critics would say she doesnt have experience) But then to this i can also say people like Ismail Sabri or even Shabery also dont have Deputy Minister experience, so what?

Noh Omar. Adoi, have you guys met this dude before? my goodness i think he is a monumental example of UMNO's failed cadre system. how can a joker like this pass through the system and suddenly found himself as minister!! He is a joke! I still remember he gave this speech in London at Malaysia Hall London (where UMNO club members were made to sit in it) whilst me and my friends hide ourselves in the bilik UKEC. Well back to the speech, it was self humiliation at best and a catastrophe at worst! He told the audience, how he just got back from Rome (he was deputy minister of education), and he found out that the best way to educate our public to be in love with reading was by actually organising reading campaigns (or something along those lines). And me and my friends was like, duhh?? You had to fly first class to Rome to realise all that? How dungu and patronising is that? He is truly a reflection of many umno leaders this day, they like to say the most obvious things. And they make an excuse to fly overseas for lawatan sambil belajar to learn from others when most of the suggestions they make when they come back are the most oblivious or all things. Why lah we have him in cabinet?? Aduh!

Mike Tyson and Noh Omar should not also be in cabinet because Selangor kan kalah! it is not fair for UMNO to reward Selangor UMNO with 3 cabinet seats when they bloody lost the state despite the warnings from SB and MIO. UMNO Pahang yang menang besar pun hanya dapat 2 kerusi kabinet. Itu pun termasuk the DPM himself. No wonder Tengku Azlan refuses the appointment as timbalan menteri. Well thats just my take. Honest UMNO members know this too.


Finally, Zulhasnan. The dude is well known to have caused so much stir and problem in Wilayah that he doesnt deserve to be minister too. WP UMNO is a joke. They lost all but 2 of the BN seats in WP, so i dont think Zulhasnan deserve a mention in the cabinet. Pak Lah should have merged this WP ministry into JPM. The people has spoken against the leadership of BN Wilayah. So why keep this people?

my friends say that we need to have Selangor and WP ministers to win back the states. But the question is, can u actually win it through cabinet representation?? this argument, is self defeating.Cabinet members dont even have time for their own kawasan, what more to salvage the state UMNO (selangor and wp).

So there you go. i dont think with all the reasons above, the new cabinet deserves an 8 or a 7.

I think to give 6/10 is really very kind of me already.

Yes 6 out of 10.