The last few days we have been shocked....well not really shocked but maybe slightly surprised to hear Mr Ezam Mohd Nor rejoined UMNO after was initially sacked by Tun Mahathir couple of years ago during the height of 'Reformasi'. He was known to be the right-hand man of Anwar Ibrahim and he followed his leader's footstep from being jailed to the formation of People's Justice Party (PKR). However last year, an internal conflict between him and Azmin Ali (currently Vice President of PKR) resulted in Ezam quitting PKR and formed GERAK (Movement for Democracy and Anti-Corruption). What exactly the quarrel was all about I have no idea. Last week he and 6 other former PKR members presumably his loyal supporters rejoined UMNO without condition after meeting with Pak Lah. The reason or one of the reason he gave was that Pak Lah has started to 'reform' the current government by reviewing the judiciary and anti-corruption agency and due to this he wanted to support and to be a part of this 'reformation'. Now this what really boggles and truthfully bugs me.
First of all as we all know he was quite influential during the formation and early days of PKR. He was one of the few people who were brave enough to criticise the government which lead to his detention in Kajang. He contested in 1999 election and although he lost he managed to reduce the majority from 40000 to 1000! He did not contest in 2004 as he had a court case on him at that time and again not in 2008 as he already quit PKR and although was asked to contest he refused. What I cannot understand the reason he quit PKR. Is it only due to an internal squabble? Being a politician isn't that a daily routine thing to deal with? Is it really that serious or was he just a cry-baby? To be honest he doesn't have to justify the reason for joining UMNO or forming GERAK but just explain in more detail of why he left PKR. I saw this article in this blog http://disertasi.blogspot.com/2008/06/pengakuan-ezam-mohd-nor.html and in this article Ezam explained about the rumours of him having a deal with UMNO for him to join UMNO. For me I accept the explanation and I never for a second ever thought that he would go low enough to have a deal to join UMNO being a charismatic leader of GERAK! That was really far from my mind. But I think the more logical thing to do is to explain why he left PKR. That is more important in my opinion to explain because if he never left PKR there will be no GERAK and there won't be any news of him rejoining UMNO! There is no need for him to explain why he joins UMNO as anybody can create a noble reason or an excuse to join UMNO. And to be honest if not because of the Opposition pressure and victory on the last election Pak Lah might not even strive for this 'reformation'. We will see how long can Pak Lah continue this good effort though...yes I'm not condoning it and in fact I welcome it but it doesn't mean I need to 'jump wagon' straight away! Well that is if Pak Lah still continue to be at the helm of our government...
I am quite disappointed with Ezam's action more because he is a charismatic leader and can be influential but again politicians are politicians. One minute you can predict their action and the next second they do exactly the opposite of what you think they might do....I wish him all the best though...I really hope despite being in UMNO he continues with his principles and not becoming a mule to certain people....Wallahu'alam..
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