00:00The old script that Akmal is reading from, it's I think politically also necessary today.
00:09I think Akmal realizes and perhaps even the leadership realizes and tolerates what he does because we don't want to
00:18be outflanked on the right.
00:19There is a place for the old political script that UMNO Youth Chief Dr. Akmal Saleh follows even as the
00:27party attempts to progress and offer a new approach to Malay voters, says former Youth Chief Kairi Jamaluddin.
00:35Speaking on BFM 89.9's The Breakfast Grill, Kairi speculated that UMNO President Amazair Hamidi tolerates Akmal's controversial politics because
00:46of the clear and present danger on the political right, which is dominated by Perikatan National.
00:52And I think if Akmal doesn't at least try to straddle that space, then we will see a hemorrhaging of
01:01Malay support there.
01:03He said that Akmal has the perfect role as UMNO Youth Chief, a position that has traditionally served as the
01:10party's battering ram.
01:12Kairi added that Zahid likely viewed Akmal as a useful buffer for that kind of politics, while positioning himself as
01:20the party's statesman to rein in conflicting viewpoints.
01:24Naranthar Raja, FMT.
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