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1. UMNO is not a family. It is a vehicle of struggle. In a struggle, there are no brothers, sisters, fathers, or elders entitled to obedience by default. Families can fracture, marriages can collapse but the struggle for Religion and Race, God willing, endures until the Day of Judgment. Do not cheapen that struggle by confusing it with fragile family sentiment.
2. Within UMNO, there is no place for those who posture as political “elder siblings,” lecturing the young as though age alone confers wisdom. Not all who are old are wise, and not all who are young are shallow.
3. Feudal advice belongs in the past. Times have changed. Feudalism is on life support, yet some still cling to it, afraid of a future where courage matters more than seniority.
4. The Youth Wing is the party’s pulse, tasked with capturing the true sentiments of the grassroots.
5. When the UMNO Information machinery fails, the Youth must step forward, elevate the people’s voice, bring it to the decision-making table, and force it to be heard at the General Assembly.
6. And when a final decision is made, the Youth wing must comply, but only if it genuinely reflects the will of the grassroots, not mythical numbers conjured to silence dissent.
7. The bitter truth is this: post-Dr Akmal Youth looks lethargic and uninspired. There are no commanding figures. No fire. No moral courage. What remains are risk-averse players, afraid to lose position, afraid to advance, afraid to stand alone. Such Youth are not warriors of the movement; they are safe-playing opportunists.
8. Contrast this with the eras of Datuk Harun, Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dato’ Sri Najib Razak, and Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. You can throw in Nazri Tan Sri Aziz in there too. In those days, the UMNO Youth wing stood firmly and chivalrously behind their Chief.
9. Today, not a single Exco member or state Youth leader openly closes ranks. Statements issued are cowardly, sanitized, spineless; some even sound like quiet prayers for the Youth Chief to fall so a seat may open up.
10. Saidina Ali bin Abi Talib (RA) once said:“If you wish to see the future of a people, look at their youth today.”
11. If today’s youth are submissive and servile, then the future will be soft and broken.
12. Indonesia’s first President, Sukarno, once declared: “Give me ten youths, and I will shake the world.”
13. That statement was born of faith in youth as agents of change; bold, outspoken, and willing to sacrifice comfort for principle.
14. The question today is simple: does UMNO still have even ten such youths after Dr Akmal Md Saleh?
15. Let this be clear: chivalry demands that Youth stand behind their Chief when he is under fire, not scatter in silence.
16. Loyalty is proven in adversity, not convenience. Yet chivalry does not mean rebellion. Once the top leadership decides,
discipline requires compliance, but never at the cost of dignity, courage, or truth.
17. If the face and soul of UMNO Youth remain fearful, opportunistic, and unprincipled, then the future of UMNO is doomed. The party will not lead in decades to come. It will merely follow, reduced to being a “house boy,” to future governments.
18. God Knows Best.
Datuk Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Jumat
UMNO Member: 01059553
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