Najib's Transformation Of Malaysia Into An American Satellite

It began as a political ploy, and not a half-bad one either as Najibite ploys go. Having succeeded as BN leader without a 2/3 majority in Parliament and with many states, especially the most affluent ones, in opposing party hands, DS Najib and his team began planning for political recovery by PRU13. Unfortunately, instead of looking closely at his predecessor's miss-steps, they chose to focus on threats from the opposition instead, and homed in on the political rival DS Najib feared the most, Anwar Ibrahim.

The problem was, how does DS Najib hope to beat Anwar, the leader he had been in the shadow of since UMNO Youth, through to their UMNO 'Team Wawasan' defeat of Tun Ghafar Baba for the party's succession and even in Tun Dr M's Cabinet? DS Najib could never beat Anwar head-to-head in a debate. In fact, in terms of overall image, DS Najib had a problem when it comes to facing Anwar's well nurtured religious-firebrand turned liberal-consensus-builder image, especially with an 'immoral mythology' haunting his own!

And so a plot was hatched... no, not to return Anwar to prison... but to cripple what DS Najib and his political advisors believed was the source of this great rival's strength, his strong relationship with the United States' political and financial establishment. EH? Doesn't DS Najib fear Anwar the man? His oratory skills and charisma? His ability to organize and unite political figures as well as factions led by Hj Hadi and Lim Kit Siang, with such differing political principles? He fears Anwar the man but he chooses to attack Anwar's foreign backing?

This is where readers need to remember DS Najib's own political 'philosophy', that "Cash Is King!" We see this behavior being practiced by him in UMNO, heightened significantly since his position has been threatened by the 1MDB scandal, leading to the infamous 'derma' scandal. We see this being showcased with the continued obsession with using BR1M as a means to 'help the poor'. We see it with the incessant attempt to reassure the populace that the economy is doing great in the face of questions of integrity, sackings and the Ringgit's fall.

So, it should be no surprise that DS Najib hence identifies the undermining of Anwar's support from the US as the principle activity key to winning PRU13! And so great effort, and resources, were channeled to this effect, including:

1. Tasking the government think tank ISIS to focus on studies and other efforts towards building a relationship with the United States. This was conveyed to this blogger by ISIS' late CEO, Dato' Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin, some 1 year prior to her unexpected death.


2. Tapping Ezam Mohd Noor, Anwar's former close confidant and liaison to many of his overseas links, for information on key US figures and organisations supporting PKR, the Reformasi movement and other associated NGOs. It was in return for his cooperation in this area that Ezam was later made a Senator.


3. Appointing a number of consultants such as APCO for relationship building with an eye for developing stronger formal relations with the wider American political establishment.


4. Most significantly, appointing the late TS Jamaluddin Jarjis (JJ) to the position of Malaysian Ambassador to the US with ministerial status as soon as DS Najib became Prime Minister in 2009. TS JJ developed strong relationships with both key Republican and Democratic power brokers, made evident by the meeting organized between DS Najib and John McCain (Republican, Baptist former US Presidential Candidate) and Joe Lieberman (Democrat, Jewish former US VP Candidate).


5. Allowing DS Mustapa Mohamed (Tok Pa) to keep Malaysia on the negotiating table for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), which is a key backdoor FTA critical to US trade strategy against China. This blogger does not believe the intention was for Malaysia to sign the TPPA in the beginning, as it would really cramp Malaysia's political economy. However, it was key to keep the TPPA going for DS Najib to get chummier with the US power-brokers.

By the time PRU13 arrived, DS Najib's confidence in winning with his 1Malaysia and Transformasi policies was likely reinforced by this growing relationship with the US. The problem was that in focusing so much energy and resources on undermining Anwar, including the grassroots attack on his sexual deviance, many other relationships were allowed to stray, such as the key one with significant part of the electorate, more pointedly the Chinese. Internal UMNO weaknesses also remained unaddressed and if anything, festered.

BN's performance in PRU13 was of course, worse, with the exception of their winning back Kedah and retaining slim control of Perak. However, the real measure of BN's success, or in this case failure, was always on its performance at the Federal level, at which DS Najib's performance was worst than Pak Lah in 2008. And since then, things have gotten worse for DS Najib. Key yet unpopular Economic Transformation policies such as subsidy reductions and the GST had to pursued with a weaker Parliament... and with Anwar still at large!

In the meantime, the US has been continuing its pursue its backdoor Free Trade Agreement cum economic cartel to curtail China's trade influence, the TPPA. As part of DS Najib's 'pro-US to undermine Anwar' policy, DS Mustapa Mohamed as MITI Minister had been left stringing the US along on this a little too long, to the point where Malaysia was the only nation in ASEAN other than Singapore (already a US satellite) and Vietnam (likely China's double-agent) still at the negotiating table! And it was now crunch time! Could Malaysia still withdraw?

With another of DS Najib's hobby horses, 1MDB, going to pot, this blogger believes our PM's new 'friends' in the US chose to 'encourage' the signing of the TPPA by putting the considerable media brands of the New York Times (NYT) and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) behind accusations of wrong-doing in the running of 1MDB. That the accusations were true was of little consequence to the NYT and WSJ, but what was important was to bring pressure to bear on DS Najib so as he will sign the TPPA for Malaysia.

In return for the signing of the TPPA, which would effectively anoint Malaysia as a new Trade Satellite of the US, surely DS Najib will be spared further bludgeoning by the US Media on 1MDB... unless of course it is DS Najib and Malaysia that is being played all along. Gaining Malaysia as a Satellite would be a major coup for the US, as in one fell swoop, it would gain economic and indirect political influence in a key Non-Aligned and Muslim nation, indeed a key Islamic Banking hub, whilst denying the Chinese and Russians of a ready friend.

It would also then allow the US to curtail Malaysia's past morally leading positions at odds with the US, such as our support for Palestine, our opposition to Apartheid, our support for Bosnia, our opposition to the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq... all moral positions troublesome to the US, curtailed...

And so Malaysia's enslavement to the US, beginning with the TPPA, will likely be the likely greatest legacy of DS Najib as our 6th Prime Minister... unless of course he realizes that the honourable thing to do is to save Malaysia from this fate, by his resigning from the post of Prime Minister. Perhaps there is room still for us to forgive if he does this before the TPPA is ratified and the chains our forefathers, including DS Najib's own father, have gradually freed us from, begin to bind us again, but to a new master... the US.

Mampukah Najib Bertahan Sehingga Perhimpunan Agung UMNO 2015?

Sudah semakin maklum bahawa DS Najib menerima sambutan sopan namun dingin dari perwakilan di Mesyuarat Agung Bahagian Pasir Gudang yang dirasmikannya pada semalam. Walaupun nasihat Ketua Bahagian Pasir Gudang merangkap Menteri Besar Johor Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin agar perwakilan berlaku sebagai tuan rumah yang baik terhadap DS Najib sebagai tetamu kehormat amnya dipatuhi, namun ini tidak menghalang para perwakilan untuk menunjukkan rasa tidak puas hati mereka terhadap Perdana Menteri serta Presiden Parti paling dilanda musibah dalam sejarah UMNO.

DS Khaled sendiri telah dengan penuh hormat membuka jalan menunjukkan rasa kurang senang rakyat terhadap kepimpinan BN serta UMNO dengan 3 perkara benar disarung pahit yang disampaikannya sewaktu mengalu-alukan kedatangan DS Najib. Tetapi kejutan terbesar kepada DS Najib sendiri berlaku sewaktu beliau menyampaikan ucapannya, yang tidak disahut walau tepukan gemuruh apatah lagi sorak ketawa seperti pengalaman sebelumnya. Hanya tepuk sopan melayan sahaja dapat diumpannya, malah apabila beliau menanyakan kepada perwakilan sama ada mahukan BR1M diteruskan, ada sahutan,"Tidak!"

Tenyata teori "Cash Is King" yang diamalkan pentadbiran DS Najib hasil nasihat kolot punahsihat-punahsihatnya termasuk dari luar negara sudah mula diisytihar GAGAL oleh akar-umbi UMNO.

DS Najib yang juga nekad mencabar perwakilan sama ada sedia jika beliau mendedahkan segala pekung di dadanya pasti terkesan sekali lagi apabila cabarannya disahut pula dengan laungan,"Dedahlah!"  Tak puas dengan itu, pada penghujung perasmian majlis tersebut, sebuah memorandum yang memintas benteng pengawal peribadi serta punahsihat-punahsihat PMO, telah diserahkan kepadanya. Melalui memorandum tersebut, akar-umbi UMNO Pasir Gudang mengesa agar DS Najib 'berehat' dari jawatan dan mendesak supaya pemilihan parti disegerakan, bukan dilambatkan lagi selama 18 bulan seperti diputuskan MKT UMNO.

Kegelisahan yang disampaikan secara terbuka di Pasir Gudang pasti akan dihadapi berulang-ulang oleh DS Najib dengan nada semakin meruncing sepanjang musim mesyuarat Bahagian UMMO. Malah blogger ini merasakan sudah menjadi hampir terlalu sukar untuk melindungi DS Najib di luar mahupun di pejabat dari suara akar-umbi UMNO seluruh negara yang merintih terhadap kepimpinannya. Di Kedah pula, DS Mukhriz Mahathir, Menteri Besar Kedah, telah menimbulkan persoalan sama tentang perlunya kelancaran siasatan ke atas 1MDB selain mempertahankan TSMY! Sayap-sayap UMNO Langkawi juga mendesak percutian DS Najib!

Soalnya sekarang, sejauh manakah DS Najib sanggup bertahan sebagai Perdana Menteri jika suara-suara halus ini semakin bergabung menjadi tempikan desakan #UndurNajib menjelang turunnya berduyun-duyun ahli-ahli UMNO ke Perhimpuman Agung UMNO (PAU) tahun ini? Berani serta cukup kentalkah jiwanya menghadapi kemungkinan di boo secara terbuka dari luar hingga ke dalam dewan? Sediakah beliau digelar lembap serta 'wajar undur' dari pentas oleh para pembahas usul di PAU mahupun menghadapi laungan "Undur Najib!" yang termungkin menggegarkan Dewan Merdeka PWTC nanti?

Tidak boleh dipersoalkan lagi bahawa Rakyat ternanti-nanti pemergian DS Najib serta yang terdekat dengannya dari tampuk kepimpinan. Tak hairanlah apabila mendengar sambutan Hari Raya DS Najib di Pekan yang kononnya dihadiri 60,000 pengunjung jauh lebih kecil jumlah pengunjungnya berbanding dengan ratusan-ribu yang membanjiri Rumah Terbuka Kementerian Dalam Negeri yang bertuan-rumahkan DS Zahid Hamidi, Timbalan Perdana Menteri baharunya. Rakyat mahukan orang baru sebagai Perdana Menteri dan akar-umbi UMNO kini mendesak mewakili mereka. Kenapakah DS Najib bertahan lagi bila orang dah tak sudi?

Saya syorkan, siapa-siapa yang kebetulan atau tidak bertemu nanti dengan DS Najib, pesan-pesanlah kepada beliau... sudahlah, rehat sahaja... berundur... selagi kami Rakyat masih sedia memaaafkan salah-silapmu..