malaysiakini and WHAT UMNO Needs to DO for MALAYSIA

Finally after months of political intrigue, the UMNO General Assembly has been held and the torch passed to an old band of political leaders.
For one thing, both the President and Deputy President have been in cabinet for at least 30 odd years in total and one wonders what each of them did during all those years that Malaysia has been veering off track of becoming a developed nation.
Since independence, the leader of UMNO has been the Prime Minister of Malaysia but as they say:
"You can't keep doing the same thing over and over again to get different results".

Many people question this concept of UMNO always hogging the PM's post and since it is only part of the grander BN coalition, others too should have a say and that includes the other opposition MPs.
So the reaction to UMNO's meeting in malaysiakini is not surprising. 'Umno has lost touch with reality' .
Even the outgoing UMNO told the Assembly in his farewell that the old ways do not work anymore.
Let us see if the new leaders can bring Malaysia back from the brink. Since the nation is facing a nightmare economic scenario, I suggest both sides of the political divide to call a truce of sorts to work together for the next 12 months to save the nation's economy.
The government can take the lead by keeping the 3 by-elections clean and free and fair. That will be a good start to show the people that it is prepared to accept the verdict of the voters.