00:00An analyst has praised UMNO's willingness to confront hard truths after UMNO Vice President Johari Ghani candidly admitted the party's
00:09diminished dominance in Malaysian politics.
00:12University of Malaya's Awang Aspan Pawi said UMNO must move beyond nostalgia to ensure its long-term survival and that
00:19Johari's remarks showed the party was capable of being honest with itself.
00:23He said an UMNO that does not admit its weaknesses, including the trust deficit it suffers among the public, risks
00:30drawing up strategies based on misconceptions.
00:34Awang Aspan said introspection would help UMNO adapt to economic, social and geopolitical changes, craft narratives centered on reform, reassess
00:43leadership selection and shift from political patronage to being idea and performance based.
00:48At UMNO's 80th anniversary convention last Saturday, Johari reminded party leaders that UMNO only has 26 seats in the Dewan
00:57Rakyat and that the party's image and integrity have yet to be fully restored.
01:01Meanwhile, Mazan Ali of University Technology Malaysia said UMNO cannot afford complacency in today's drastically changed political landscape and suggested
01:11the party study data from recent by-elections and state polls to better understand current political realities.
01:18A thought shop used FMT.
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