Bagi Najib Masa

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak perlu diberi peluang serta ruang secukupnya bagi menyelesaikan segala masalah tertangguh dalam hubungan dua hala Malaysia dan Singapura dalam membawa manfaat  kepada negara untuk tempoh jangka masa panjang.

Sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib sudah pasti mempunyai kebijaksanaan dalam membuat rundingan dengan Singapura yang selama ini, gagal dilakukan pemimpin terdahulu termasuk Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Kenapa perlu beri tekanan kepada Perdana Menteri, saya yakin beliau tahu apa yang dilakukan dan ia dibuktikan dengan kenyataan segera bahawa kerajaan akan mengkaji pembinaan jambatan sebaik mendapat titah Sultan Johor, Sabtu lalu.

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De-politicise UMNO Deputy Presidency: Division Chief

This article was first published by Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (Bernama) - The post of UMNO deputy president should be de-politicised so
that it would no longer be perceived as a platform to gain the country’s top
premiership, an UMNO division leader said.

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Jazlan: Saya tidak terkilan tiada pencalonan

From mStar:

JOHOR BARU: Ketua Umno Bahagian Pulai Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamad berkata, beliau tidak sedikit pun terkilan apabila tiada satu pun bahagian yang memberikan pencalonan untuk jawatan Timbalan Presiden kepada beliau.

Katanya, yang penting bagi beliau ialah menyampaikan mesej kepada Umno bahawa parti itu perlu berubah dan mesti memberikan tempat kepada orang muda sebagai satu cara untuk meremajakan parti tersebut. Read more

No nominations, so Nur Jazlan quits Umno No 2 race

From the Malaysian Insider

JOHOR BARU, Oct 26 - Umno upstart Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed today quit the race for the party deputy presidency, telling his Pulai division meeting that he will carry on as the voice of the young while trusting the incoming party leadership to push for changes and reforms.

Nur Jazlan, who announced his interest on Oct 4, has not received any nominations for the post. Instead party elders have criticised him with former president and prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad calling him and two others “jokers” for their quest. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin leads the pack for the No 2 post with 52 nominations, followed by Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam with 16 and Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib with nine. Read more

Nur Jazlan: The rising star of Malaysian politics

However, if the young United Malays National Organization’s (Umno) politician jump start his or her career by standing against Tun Mahathir on some issues, this is a very good reason to give attention to this politician and a good reason to understand his or her philosophies. This is what motivated us to carry out this analysis of the role played by Nur Jazlan Mohamad, the young Malay politician who is; like Reuters news agency said is challenging the old guards. Read more

Maverick Malaysian politician tests old order

By Jalil Hamid

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A young Malaysian politician has thrown his hat in the race to become the country’s next deputy leader in a major test of the country’s political system where hierarchy and age rule.

Nur Jazlan Mohamed, a 42-year-old lawmaker, is drawing inspiration from 47-year-old Barrack Obama, the first-time senator who is the frontrunner for U.S. president.

Unlike in the United States, Malaysia’s atropied ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), is run by people in their 60s who are struggling to fight off a challenge from youthful opposition leaders. Read more

Nur Jazlan not pulling out of race

From the Malaysian Insider:

JOHOR BARU, Oct 10 - Pulai Umno division head Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said today he was not withdrawing from contesting the Umno deputy president post.

He said his decision to join in the fray  was not out of personal pleasure but to beef up efforts to rejuvenate Umno and woo the younger generation to join the party.

“I know many people are laughing at me and ridiculing my decision but believe me, Umno needs changes quickly before the next general election…and this can be done through the two top posts in the party. Read more

Upstart gets Umno uptight

From the Malaysian Insider:

Nur Jazlan is nonplussed about the lack of media spotlight.

COMMENTARY

OCT 9 — Datuk Nur Jazlan’s bold bid for the Umno No. 2 post has got his party elders uptight.

Umno-linked TV3 cancelled an interview with the Pulai division chief two days ago as it joined the rest of the party-owned media in reporting his “struggle” to fend off a challenge by his deputy for his current position. Read more

Pemimpin muda sukar naik dalam Umno…

From malaysiakini - by Muda Mohd Noor

Ketua Umno bahagian Pulai, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed berkata, beliau menawarkan diri bertanding untuk jawatan timbalan presiden Umno sebagai mewakili suara orang muda dalam Umno.

“Saya menawarkan diri ini supaya diberi peluang untuk menarik orang muda, bukan sahaja yang ada dalam parti tetapi yang di luar supaya menyokong semula Umno. Read more

My ‘act of conscience’ to heal Umno

From malaysiakini by Syed Jaymal Zahiid

He may be young and a little wet behind the ears but Pulai Umno division chief Nur Jazlan Mohamed said his decision to vie for the country’s second-most powerful post was based on his conscience. Read more

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