Umno must take the blame

Umno must take the blame
Sun - 14 March 2008

The BN performed just as disastrously in the recently-concluded general election. The coalition of 14 parties lost its two-thirds majority with the dominant Umno, the leader of the pack, winning only 78 of the 117 parliamentary seats it contested (67%).

Within the BN, the question is who is to be blamed now and who is to take responsibility for the poor showing. Reformist MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, whose party won only 15 of the 40 parliamentary seats it contested, declared he is taking responsibility for the losses and would not join the new cabinet.

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