Congratulations YAB Dato' Seri Hj Mohd Najib bin Tun Hj Abdul Razak for winning the UMNO's Presidency without contest. Under the UMNO election rule, anyone contesting the President's post must obtain at least 30% of the nominations from the 191 UMNO divisions. As at 4-11 pm on the 2nd of November, 2008 - YAB Dato' Seri Hj Mohd Najib had obtained 134 nominations.YBM Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah had obtained 1 nomination. By the end of the day, YAB Dato' Seri Hj Mohd Najib would have secured another 5 more nominations bringing it to a total of 139 nominations from 140 UMNO divisions. Even if YBM Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh gets all the balance nominations, he still will not qualify. There are another 51 UMNO divisions to complete their meetings and one foresees that the President's nomination will go to YAB Dato' Seri Hj Mohd Najib bin Tun Hj Abdul Razak. Congratulations to Pak Lah for making a very wise decision not to contest the President's post. Now UMNO can and should unite under the new President to move forward to champion the cause of the Malays and Malaysians.
