Who wants to join a multi-racial UMNO?

Who wants to join a multi-racial UMNO?

A multi-racial UMNO is being mooted a very natural question to ask is who would want to join UMNO these days (whether it remains Malay-based or multi-racial).

It's very obvious from the results of GE14 that even many Malays have abandoned UMNO. Its message that the Malays need UMNO to protect their interests no longer resonates with modern Malays who feel they are perfectly capable of defending their own interests.

As for non-Malays, if they abandoned MCA, MIC and Gerakan precisely because they felt that these component parties were too subservient to UMNO, why in the world would they want to join UMNO itself?

For the sake of discussion let's say UMNO/BN really transforms itself into one big multi-racial party. What can it offer to the electorate that's better than Pakatan?

Can UMNO/BN claim to want to abolish repressive laws? Can it say it wants to free the press and repeal the Printing Presses and Publications Act? Can it say it wants open tenders for government projects? Can it say it wants to thoroughly investigate 1MDB?

The answer to all these question is no. But even if it says yes, it is just agreeing to do what Pakatan is already busy working towards achieving. Why would any conscientious voter opt for a party that was responsible for all these things in the first place when there is a party already working towards fixing things?

The simple question that UMNO/BN has to ask itself is what can it offer that is better than anything Pakatan has to offer? The answer is nothing.