Between UMNO and a Hard Place : : The Najib Razak Era Begins / / Ooi Kee Beng.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kee Beng, Ooi,
• MitwirkendeR: Beng, Ooi Kee,; Hamzah, Tengku Razaleigh,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)

Enough time has passed, and enough key events have taken place for the contours of the administration of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be apparent. While it has flirted openly with reforms, and has used phrases otherwise used by the opposition, its sincerity - and its capability - is still in doubt. More that that, it is not as yet clear how convinced the government actually is about of the need for institutional reforms, especially when the institutions in need of reform include the police, the anti-corruption agency, the judiciary and the dominant party, UMNO. With a new coalition opposing him in parliament, Najib comes to power wedged between his own coalition's aged traditions and the restive spirit of the times. Whether he can squeeze his way into a comfortable spot and stay in power is the question the coming years will answer.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHAPTERS -- 01. Feeding that addiction -- 02. The Pakatan tide continues -- 03. The painful path towards devolution -- 04. Advantage Najib? BN may pay a high price for Perak polarisation -- 05. A cyber war in Malaysian politics? -- 06. Bewildered in Malaysia, perplexed in Perak, stupefied in Selangor -- 07. Still suffering from growing pains -- 08. Umno’s elections are as important as ever -- 09. Can Najib be the reformist Abdullah failed to be? -- 10. What Najib needs -- 11. Najib now has to deliver on his promises -- 12. No let-up in voter revolt -- 13. Time for Najib to go for broke -- 14. The May 13 Legacy -- 15. The Chin Peng Challenge -- 16. Is the future for PAS to lose? -- 17. The transformation of PAS has just begun -- 18. Making incumbency count -- 19. Populism has its redeeming points -- 20. “Remember Beng Hock” will be a steady battle cry -- 21. Teoh’s case stems from disregard of due process -- 22. Let’s all be 1Malaysians already -- 23. Reformist conservatives versus conservative reformists -- 24. Can Najib drop ‘Malays’ from Umno? -- 25. The last pickings of race ideology -- 26. No strong MCA without a strong Umno -- 27. BN infighting is just beginning -- 28. Bagan Pinang is Umno’s to lose -- 29. Imagine no Umno-MCA symbiosis -- 30. What Najib seeks is 1BN -- 31. Another index, another drubbing for Malaysia -- 32. Malaysian Model – What went wrong? -- 33. BTN issue is a Pandora’s Box -- 34. A loosening of commitments -- 35. Middle Malaysia vs One Malaysia -- 36. A severe test for Pakatan Rakyat -- 37. Federalism going down the toilet -- 38. Pakatan Rakyat’s glass is half full -- 39. How Najib is like Obama -- 40. Muhyiddin mirrors Umno’s dilemma -- 41. Is the Malaysian Chinese Association able to give up race-based politics? -- 42. Writing’s on the wall in Hulu Selangor -- 43. PKR weaknesses shown up again -- 44. Closure to May 13 remains elusive -- 45. Pakatan chips away at Barisan wall -- 46. Najib, the stealth strategist -- Epilogue. Now that Umno is 64