August 2, 2011
Dissent no longer allowed in UMNO, says Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir laments UMNOs benefaction disdain for gainsay as well as open debate, charging it as a retrogression from a eras of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj as well as Tun Abdul Razak.
The former UMNO apportion as well as supreme legislature member told The Malaysian Insider he was disturbed about a Malay partys stream political culture, saying it starkly contrasted with a Najib administrations push for clarity as well as openness.
Unfortunately things have altered a lot inside of UMNO since a times of a late Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak as well as Tun Hussein Onn. Back afterwards there was a lot of freedom to voice out a opinions, a lot of room for gainsay as well as open debate..
But now you dont have which kind of environment, Abdul Kadir told The Malaysian Insider, citing a stream circumstances has pushed him to join Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (Amanah) where he can voice out issues which could not inside of his own party.
The former tourism apportion cited a recoil to Datuk Saifuddin Abdullahs stand on a Bersih 2.0 rally, where a deputy higher preparation apportion disagreed with a approach a supervision had handled a July 9 event.
It was only a comment, it did not meant he was going opposite his party or a government, though now there have been calls inside of UMNO for him (Saifuddin) to be sacked. This never happened in a past, combined Abdul Kadir.
He also compared a benefaction UMNO care to a past ones, as well as used a box of former Umno Youth Chief as well as Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Harun Idris to ill! ustrate his point.
Most of us in UMNO Youth did not agree! when Da tuk Harun was charged with corruption. We became witnesses opposite a supervision back then. We went opposite a own supervision to debate for Datuk Harun around a countrybut no movement was taken opposite us, even though there was a disproportion of opinion.
It did not meant you were going opposite BN or a government, it was only a disproportion of opinion, pronounced Abduk Kadir. Between 1975 to 1977, a late Harun was found guilty on various charges of corruption as well as was 
sentenced to 6 years jail. In 1981, Harun was pardoned by a Yang di-Pertuan Agong on advice of a afterwards Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed, after portion 3 years of his sentence.
Despite his lament about a partys stream mood, Abdul Kadir pronounced which he would remain with UMNO as well as work for a party.
My total adult life, we have been with UMNO, we am still land positions inside of a partythere have been a lot of things which we agree with UMNO, with some of a alternative policies, pronounced a maestro politician who is currently treasurer for a Kulim Bandar-Baharu UMNO division.
Abdul Kadir is now a single of 3 deputy presidents of Amanah, led by former finance apportion Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah who remains Gua Musang UMNO division arch as well as a Gua Musang MP.
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