Mahathir - Opps I did It Again

The one and only Tun has resigned from the party

I think we can blame it to this Ismail Jaziz whoever he is for daring to ask Tun the question

well then again, not that i ever liked Mahathir anyways

a full circle of Tun Mahathir in UMNO

Joined the Party - in 1946
Dismissed from Party - sometime in 1970's for criticising Tunku Abd Rahman
Invited to Rejoin the Party - by Tun Razak
Led the Party - 1981 become PM and President of UMNO
Dissolved the Party - 1987 after the UMNO 11 Petition this was done to kick out all defectors
Re created and re branded the Party - UMNO become UMNO Baru
Resigned as leader of Party - 2004 to give way to Pak Lah
Left as member of Party - today, 19 May 2008
will rejoin the Party in 200* ?

so now how lah?

Dr M quits Umno after answering ‘dare’ to be first to resign

By Noor Adzman Baharuddin & Adib Povera

2008/05/19
After goading Umno members today to temporarily resign from Umno as a sign of protest against the party president, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad took up a “dare” to take the lead by resigning from the party he had been a founding member of since 1946. However, he implored Umno members taking up his challenge not to join any other party and remain independent, at least until the Umno leadership was determined (after the December party elections). He indicated that he will only rejoin the party when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi steps down as Umno president. Dr Mahathir, an Umno life member, was answering questions from the floor after giving a talk at a forum entitled 'Future of the Malays after the 12th General Election' at the Star City Hotel in Alor Star, organised by the Kedah Malay Assembly Hall, when a member of the audience asked him if he would take the lead in quitting Umno.

Identifying himself as Ismail Jaziz, he asked Dr Mahathir if he would take the lead since he had mooted the idea. To this, Dr Mahathir, in a serious tone said: “Waa, saya di cabar ni…(looks like I have been dared). Yes, I will leave Umno...until the party leadership is determined. Other Umno members should follow me.”

Loud cheers erupted from the 1,500 attendees, which included assembly chairman Tan Sri Khalid Ahmad, Jerlun Umno division chairman Datuk Abdul Rahman Ariffin, State Assemblyman for Kuala Nerang Datuk Syed Sobri Syed Hashim, State Assemblywoman for Sungai Tiang Suraya Yaacob and former Kedah Menteri Besar Tan Sri Sanusi Junid.

"Malays, Umno members and many other people have sent Abdullah messages to express dissatisfaction with his leadership, especially after the March 8 general election but he remains unaffected. We have to be radical and brave and this is the only way to bring him down," he said.