Khairy can only dethrone UMNO’s Mr President with ample grassroots support

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FORMER health minister Khairy Jamaluddin seems to have the penchant for opening his mouth at the wrong time. There is an adage that even a fish gets into trouble when it opens its mouth and this aptly applies to the former Rembau MP.

Prior to the 15th General Election (GE15), Khairy had boldly declared himself as a prime ministerial candidate. The aftermath of this declaration was disastrous for him especially after his defeat in the contest for the Sungai Buloh parliament seat despite being touted as a favourite.

His PR team could have given him the wrong advice as the premature and rash announcement caused him to be defeated. He had seriously miscalculated his standing among UMNO members and the voters.

Recently, he had stated that he will support Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government if he were to be made UMNO president.

Another rash statement that was made to invoke support prior to the UMNO general assembly which had now come and gone. Re-collect that Anwar and Khairy have been embroiled in the court given Khairy was sued by Anwar for defamation.

Khairy seems to have his head in the clouds when assessing his chances of landing the top post in UMNO. He clearly does not command grassroot support in UMNO and the suave and debonair politician might as well kiss his chances goodbye of landing the top post in UMNO forever.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s position as the standing UMNO president remains as solid as the rock of Gibraltar as he has the support of 130 UMNO divisions in the country.

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