Monday, April 28, 2008

People Follow Stronger Leader

When Dato' Seri Anwar made a statement that there are 30 Sabah MPs who would defect to join PKR and that PKR will be in a position to form the federal government no later than 16 September 2008, Dato' Seri Najib claimed that was part of Anwar's political game. Read The Star full report, here.

But, when Former Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said on the possibility of Sabah MPs crossing over to PKR by virture of their background, Najib felt that the threats have to be taken seriously. In Sarawak, when SNAP said they are ready to defect and join PKR, Najib reiterated that Anwar's claim cannot be taken lightly.

While UMNO and BN have not totally resolved their internal issues, Sabah MPs and SNAP politicians are already on the verge of concluding their evaluation on the strengths of their current and future leadership.

Either they remain in BN or defect to join PKR, the leadership lesson learned is that people will follow leaders stronger than themselves. They too follow them out of respect ... and that is quite natural.

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