I never once want to criticize anyone as I believe it will open up a Pandora Box which can't be shut.Yet I am sad our former PM Tun Mahathir is still lampooning his anointed successor our former Tun Abdullah to no end although he has left his posts months ago. While Tun A was in office every blogger who sided with Tun M made a beeline in criticizing him until none is sacred. Good behaviour seems to be forgotten. I think enough is enough. I need to clarify and make a stand. Below is the last straw that make me write this article

Dr M mocks Pak Lah’s appointment as MAS advisor

By Lee Wei Lian

PUTRAJAYA, May 6 -Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad could not resist a dig at Tun Abdullah Badawi today when asked to comment on the latter's appointment as Malaysia Airlines advisor.

Asked about Abdullah’s appointment, Dr Mahathir poured on the sarcasm with: “I suppose until I vacate this place he must be put somewhere.”

“I actually also asked to be made advisor to MAS but I didn’t get it, maybe it’s because I am not too qualified,” he quipped.

The Najib administration had earlier this week manoeuvred around a potentially delicate situation by making Abdullah, popularly called Pak Lah, the advisor to MAS and keeping Dr Mahathir as Petronas advisor.

This was despite a decades-old tradition for a recently retired prime minister to be given the prestigious position of advisor to the national oil company which began with the late Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia’s third prime minister who retired in 1981.

Asked whether Abdullah will be able to effect changes in MAS, Dr Mahathir replied: “He was able to be prime minister.”

“People chose him to be prime minister ... you get what you deserve,” he added, glibly ignoring the fact that Abdullah was his handpicked successor.

Dr Mahathir has been harshly critical ever since Abdullah cancelled several of his projects, including the proposed crooked bridge to Singapore.

Despite Abdullah’s retirement on April 3, the country’s longest-serving prime minister has not let up in his potshots at his nemesis, whom he has also held personally responsible for Barisan Nasional's worst ever electoral performance in last year's general elections.

Everybody seem to blame Pak Lah for the debacle of the 12th General Election. To me he is partly to blame but the blame lies squarely on Tun. Some might be angry but let me say my piece. Yes, no doubt Pak Lah fail to exploit the goodwill that was achieve in 2004 election. He fail to seize the moment. He was weak but nevertheless the 2004 election was a milestone ro Malaysian Politics. Goodwill that result in Tun M retirement spill over in the votes that BN achieve.

10^th General Elections in Malaysia -An analysis

It is now Malays vs Malays

The 10^th General elections in Malaysia were held on 29 Nov '99. Mahathir is back in power with more than two third majority. The ruling coalition (Barisan Nasional) consisting of 14 parties, won 148 seats as compared to162 in the last election. The opposition has almost doubled its tally by winning 45 seats.

Barisan Nasional	1995	1999
	Seats (192)	Seats (193)
	UMNO - 94 Others - 68	UMNO - 72 MCA - 29 MIC - 7 Others - 40
	162* (65%)	148 (56%)
Opposition	Pas - 7 DAP - 9 Semangat 46 - 6 PBS - 8	Pas - 27 DAP - 10 Keadilan - 5 PBS - 3
	30 (35%)	45 (44%)

List of General Elections in Malaya and Malaysia

Edition	Year	Government*			Opposition			Total seats
		Seats	% seats	% vote	Seats	% seats	% vote
1	1959**	74	71.15	51.7	30	28.85	48.3	104
2	1964**	89	85.58	58.5	15	14.42	41.5	104
3	1969	95	65.97	49.3	49	34.03	50.7	144
4	1974	135	87.66	60.7	19	12.34	39.3	154
5	1978	130	84.42	57.2	24	15.58	42.8	154
6	1982	132	85.71	60.5	22	14.29	39.5	154
7	1986	148	83.62	55.8	29	16.38	41.5	177
8	1990	127	70.55	53.4	53	29.45	46.6	180
9	1995	162	84.38	65.2	30	15.62	34.8	192
10	1999	148	76.68	56.5	45	23.32	43.5	193
11	2004	198	90.41	63.9	21	9.59	36.1	219
12	2008	140	62.61	52.2	82	36.93	47.8	222

*	"Government" means Alliance Party between 1959 and 1964 inclusively; Alliance and Sarawak United People's Party for 1969; and Barisan Nasional since 1974
**	Sabah and Sarawak did not participate in respective edition.
Source: Arah Aliran Malaysia: Penilaian Pilihan Raya (PDF)

[edit] Latest election

Main article: Malaysian general election, 2008

[discuss] – [edit] Summary of the 8 March 2008 Malaysian Dewan Rakyat election results
	Votes	% of vote	Seats	% of seats	+/–
National Front (Barisan Nasional):	4,082,411	50.27	140	63.1	▼58
United Malays National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu, UMNO)	2,381,725	29.33	79	35.6	▼30
Malaysian Chinese Association (Persatuan Cina Malaysia, MCA)	840,489	10.35	15	6.8	▼16
Malaysian Indian Congress (Kongres India Se-Malaysia, MIC)	179,422	2.21	3	1.4	▼6
Malaysian People's Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Gerakan)	184,548	2.27	2	0.9	▼8
United Traditional Bumiputera Party (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, PBB)	131,243	1.62	14	6.3	▲3
Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak, SUPP)	119,264	1.47	6	2.7	▬
Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (Parti Demokratik Progresif Sarawak, SPDP)	52,645	0.65	4	1.8	▬
Sarawak People's Party (Parti Rakyat Sarawak, PRS)	33,410	0.41	6	2.7	▲6
United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Pertubuhan Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Bersatu, UPKO)	58,856	0.72	4	1.8	▬
United Sabah Party (Parti Bersatu Sabah, PBS)	44,885	0.55	3	1.4	▼1
Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Maju Sabah, SAPP)	30,827	0.38	2	1.4	▼2
United Sabah People's Party* (Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah, PBRS)			1	0.5	▬
Liberal Democratic Party (Parti Liberal Demokratik, LDP)	8,297	0.10	1	0.5	▲1
People's Progressive Party (Parti Progresif Penduduk Malaysia, PPP)	16,800	0.21	0	0	▼1
People's Front (Now known as Pakatan Rakyat (or People's Pact)):	3,796,464	46.75	82	36.9	▲62
People's Justice Party (Parti Keadilan Rakyat, PKR)	1,509,080	18.58	31	14.0	▲30
Islamic Party of Malaysia (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, PAS)	1,140,676	14.05	23	10.4	▲16
Democratic Action Party (Parti Tindakan Demokratik, DAP)	1,118,025	13.77	28	12.6	▲16
Non-partisans (and others)	65,399	0.81	0	0	▼1
Overall total	7,944,274	100	222	100	▲3
*PBRS won its only seat uncontested on nomination day Source: Sin Chew Jit Poh[8], Malaysia

From the above data 2008 General Election is fair, it shows 52.2 % still vote for the Government but the Government lost in the rural areas which was formerly their backbone. The urbanization of the rural areas have taken shape. Voters are now more sophisticated. The realignment of division has make the rural crucial to the survivor of UMNO but now the rural voters are getting more world wary thus race and religion are no more an issue that is paramount to them. Now what matter most is equitable division of the wealth of the nation. They saw the warlords in UMNO as the warlords of yore who only interested to fill their kitty. They sold the malays in every corner just to make quick buck. These warlords grew unprecendented in their numbers during the time of Tun. They have to go but Pak Lah buckle under them. Who could forget Datuk Ahamd Ismail arrongance to let his people tore the picture of Koh Tsu Koon the BN leader of Penang. These act of stupidity flies in the name of 1Malaysia concept as mooted by our present PM.

During the 10th General Election many UMNo leaders were nearly toppled. PM Najib just won a whisker in his stronghold Pekan. He knows that although BN still won 2/3 majority. The opposition did give a bloody nose to BN. Is it because of this Tun decided to resign? I could say it that is the reason why but nobody knows, the truth was the next GE shows a 63.9% vote for BN and Pak lah. He was just too weak to fulfill the voters aspiration, he try and he fail but to blame for the fiasco of 2008 GE is unreasonable because base on facts above Tun could be heading for a beating in 2004 if he was still there in fact 2008 would be worst still if he was still present. We might dip below 49.3% (the worse in 1969). So stop blaming Pak Lah and now let's work to bring UMNO up.