I have said before that I am reluctant to go into a situation where the family of a person that I am writing about is affected by the things I write about them – for I believe that it is the wife or husband and the children of the man or women that is hurt most by his or hers indiscretions. In this situation I have thought long and hard about the information I have at hand about Isa and I had hope that common sense and the possibility of his indiscretion being put into the public domain would have prevented him from running in Bagan Pinang. After all he does not need the money. What we overlooked was the fact that a man with plenty of money in UMNO will also crave for power –for what that power would do for him. What is best for the Rakyat is never a consideration.
And so he decides that he will take the chance of exposure for the possibility of gaining a foothold in the wheeling and dealing of UMNO’s sordid world. The decision is his to make. I do not doubt for a moment that if the tables were turned and he had incriminating evidence against the PAS candidate – he would have made it public in heartbeat. But he has not.
What has happened with Isa is that like Najib many years ago – he covets the wife of another man. Najib did some horse trading with the then husband of Rosmah and for a very tidy sum – the matter was settled. A win win situation as they say in business. Najib gets his girl, Rosmah gets her man and Rosmah’s then husband gets his just desserts. Happy ending all around (as they say in Thailand).
With Isa the ‘negotiations’ have stalled –possibly the sum being requested is substantial enough (even for an UMNO ex MB!) to have made him have second thoughts for his lady love…or maybe the amount indicated by the aggrieved husband has cool his ardour. That would be only for Isa and the parties concerned to know. Suffice to say for now that the demands of a by election in Bagan Pinang requires his undivided attention.
The questions that needs to be asked is this.
Why must Isa even think of taking somebody’s else wife away from her husband away from her four chidren?
As the former head of UMNO in Negri Sembilan should he not abuse the trust her husband had placed in his wife to do her duties as in UMNO under Isa? Are husbands of wives working in Putri UMNO, Wanita UMNO - or for UMNO in whatever capacity - to be fearful of what will now happen as their wife are away from home doing ‘work’ for UMNO because UMNO leaders will consider them ‘fair game’ for their advances.
If the lady in question had agreed to ‘be one’ with Isa – should not Isa be the one to have enough sense to do the right thing? And the right thing is NOT to be the cause of a breakup of a family with four children?
And like in all things UMNO – again the question of how much money will it take to settle the matter to the satisfaction of all parties concern comes into play! I am not privy to what has been discussed between the parties involved but suffice to say that while Isa wants to ‘be one’ with the lady in question and she with him – and while the husband must be muttering ‘good riddance’ under his breath – the sordid question of how much money will it take to settle this matter takes precedence over everything – over good taste, over common sense and over what is the right thing to do.
This my friends is how an ex MB, ex Vice President of UMNO see how things should be ‘settled’ – or to borrow a term from PDRM how to ‘selesai’ a problem.
After his conviction for money politics – which to Najib is just a technicality – this latest episode in Isa’s life is simply a manifestation of an individual that sees money as the be all and end all of all things.
And UMNO will have him represent them in Bagan Pinang?
And Mahyuddin tells us that he is the peoples choice – They told me so three times !! - and that UMNO will defer to what the people want.
And that Najib tells our people overseas that Isa’s conviction is just a technicality?
Are UMNO leaders now prepared to go in to bat for Isa and continue regardless in Bagan Pinang or will UMNO invoke it’s riot act and (horrors of horrors!) consider discretion the better part of valour and suggest to Isa that he should withdraw from Bagan Pinang. We await with much interest the outcome between wanting to win at all costts (an ‘UMNO’ thing..) and the need to adhere to what Najib has describe what “an Islamic party” should do (a ‘religious’ thing).
Try this Najib. As President of UMNO and our Prime Minister YOU make the decision that this is wrong. Wrong for our country. For Bagan Pinang. YOU make the decision to do the right thing. Do what Pak Lah did many years ago when shortly after his Magrib prayers he called Isa in his Nilai Spring home to tell him that despite his appeal his conviction stayed – but that his suspension has been reduced from six to three years.
You will have to call Isa yourself and ask Isa to step down as UMNO’s candidate…and then maybe, just maybe you will be able to look at the people of our country in the eye and tell them “I did what I had to do for you”. Methinks this is an impossibility.
Possibly the only saving grace for Isa is that the parties involve are all UMNO – maybe, just maybe they would put party before self (if the price is right!). As for Najib it is obvious that he must have told Isa “Do not do as I do. Do as I say”. This Isa must have not been listening….
P.S. I am reluctant to have details of the lady and her Family involved in this matter displayed for public consumption. The people in Negri Sembilan knows who they are. UMNO knows who they are. Najib knows who there are. I know who there are. Let us leave it at that for now. This lady, also known as “the "moving encyclopaedia" of UMNo matters have had a long association with UMNO – from her childhood days. Let us hope that common sense will prevail – if not for UMNO then for her family.
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