MAINTAIN party discipline and do not let your supporters instigate you to go against the leadership and decisions of the party.

That is the advice that Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak gave to party leaders to ensure that Barisan Nasional gets two-thirds majority in the 13th general election.

He said that leaders who had pledged to support every candidate chosen by the party would sometimes waver when instigated by their supporters.

In his winding up speech at the end of the assembly yesterday, Najib said Umno and Barisan Nasional were fully prepared to face the coming general election and were confident of winning as they had “very strong soldiers”...

“I truly believe that we are strong and our enemy is weak. I believe that the people will choose us. But I fear, just a little, the bickering among us.

“When I ask you (the delegates) to pledge your loyalty to the party irrespective of whether or not you are chosen as candidates, I hear a loud echo. But when you face supporters, who are batu ronson (flint stone) and kaki kipas (those who fan dissent), if our conviction is not strong, we will waver.

“From fully supporting the chosen candidates, some will water down their support, then stop working or worse, will sabotage or switch sides,” he said.

Najib also led the delegates to pledge that they would deny votes to PKR, PAS and DAP.

KUALA LUMPUR 30 Nov. - Biarpun masih muda, seorang wakil Kelab UMNO Luar Negara berjaya menyentuh emosi perwakilan untuk bersama menyanyikan lagu Warisan (Anak Kecil Main Api) pada Perhimpunan Agung UMNO 2012 di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di sini hari ini.

Pelajar kejuruteraan kimia dan biologi di Universiti Gunma, Jepun itu, Ariff Yasir Zulkafli, 23, menyanyikan rangkap pertama lagu tersebut selepas 17 minit membahaskan usul ucapan dasar Presiden dan kemudian disambut oleh Pengerusi Tetap, Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin serta seluruh perwakilan untuk bangun bersama-sama menyanyikan lagu tersebut.

Malah, Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dan ahli-ahli Majlis Tertinggi parti itu yang turut tersentuh, bangun menyanyikan lagu tersebut.

Lagu berkenaan berkaitan nasib orang Melayu yang hidup menumpang di bumi sendiri akibat sengketa sesama mereka...

Semasa menyanyikan lagu tersebut, Ariff Yasir yang merupakan Presiden Kelab UMNO Tokyo kelihatan beberapa kali sebak dan berhenti seketika.

Anak muda berasal dari Pokok Sena, Kedah itu terus menarik perhatian perwakilan apabila memberikan gambaran tentang masa depan anak Melayu jika UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) hilang kuasa dan tidak lagi memerintah selepas Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-13 (PRU-13).

“Cuba bayangkan anak-anak macam kami yang mengaji di luar negara, kami akan dipanggil balik sebab polisi tidak lagi dipegang oleh UMNO dan BN yang menghantar kami dulunya.

“Anak-anak ayahanda dan bonda ini tiba-tiba terkontang-kanting, sistem tidak lagi membantu kami untuk ke menara gading. Mana dahan untuk kami berpaut, mana pelantar untuk kami berdiri?" katanya sambil beberapa kali mengesat air mata.