It's staggering thinking about the amount of money UMNO/BN use to spend on the election. UMNO claims for example that the RM116.7 million in cash found in Najib's apartments belongs to the party and that it was to be used for the election.
Now we heard that security guards at the PM Department took some RM3.5 million in cash that was meant to be used for the elections.
How much more money was there that was used for the election, we don't know. Whatever it is, it's a lot.
Now that UMNO/BN is no longer in power and therefore no longer has the means to create a war chest for elections, how the heck is it going to effectively contest in elections in the future?
Former opposition parties like DAP are used to be cash-strapped. I don't know if it's still the case now but its elected reps used to have to donate a portion of their salaries to the party just so that there are funds to run the party. They run their election campaigns on a shoestring budget.
In contrast, UMNO is used to splashing hundreds of millions of ringgit to run its election campaigns. Now that the gravy train has stopped running, what can it do? How can it function as before? The answer is that it can't. This is why there is no election comeback possibilities for UMNO for the foreseeable future.
Now we heard that security guards at the PM Department took some RM3.5 million in cash that was meant to be used for the elections.
How much more money was there that was used for the election, we don't know. Whatever it is, it's a lot.
Now that UMNO/BN is no longer in power and therefore no longer has the means to create a war chest for elections, how the heck is it going to effectively contest in elections in the future?
Former opposition parties like DAP are used to be cash-strapped. I don't know if it's still the case now but its elected reps used to have to donate a portion of their salaries to the party just so that there are funds to run the party. They run their election campaigns on a shoestring budget.
In contrast, UMNO is used to splashing hundreds of millions of ringgit to run its election campaigns. Now that the gravy train has stopped running, what can it do? How can it function as before? The answer is that it can't. This is why there is no election comeback possibilities for UMNO for the foreseeable future.
