What is the future for UMNO now?

Bleak or Bright depends on what we do form now on. GE 12 has given very clear indications that the poppularity and support for UMNO is at its lowest ebb. So many political analysts have given their views as to the dismal peformance of UMNO and its allies in the Barison Nasional and perhaps for the next six months a few more dozens of analysts will provide their findings.

From my point of view, I see the main problem with UMNO is its resistance to change. Like all successful organisations it has all the trappings of an organisation that has been "Seduced by Success". A book of the same title by Robert J. Herbold describes clearly the 9 traps the UMNO has fallen into. Unless UMNO can get out of the traps and transform itself into a dynamic organisation that can appeal to the current voters, the future of UMNO can be very bleak indeed. Hitherto the performance of the Barisan Nasionl Government led by UMNO can only be compared with PAS led State Governments in Kelantan and Trengganu [only one term]. By the next election, the voters will also have DAP and PKR led State Governments to compare with.

MSAbdullah.