Is Umno getting weaker?

Why do I ask this question? Just look at what happened today alone:

1. Radzi Sheikh Ahmad quits as Umno sec-gen, 24-hours after he was dropped from the new cabinet line-up. He says he can’t work effectively as he is no longer in the cabinet - how to read this? That you need a cabinet post to work your party post? Is he just sulking? OR has he been dropped from both cabinet and party post as a result of his role in the Perlis infighting?

2. The dropped tourism minister and a big player from the Lingam tape Tengku Adnan says he is the new Umno sec-gen. OK, if Pak Lah wants this man to be the sec-gen, its his prerogative but interestingly Tengku Adnan said Abdullah told him YESTERDAY about the post. Hmm! Radzi made his “shocking announcement” to quit today but the post was already made available yesterday. So did Radzi quit or was he pushed?

3. Iron Lady Rafidah called for a PC to explain her future after being dropped from the cabinet. She revealed that PM only informed her yesterday morning that she was being dropped. An hour later he made his cabinet announcement. Well she could be right to wonder if the PM has no guts to tell her beforehand of his plans. Or is it just a case of PM making last minute adjustments to put out a fresh looking cabinet to impress the public?

4. Veteran Umno man Tengku Razaleigh said he will contest for the presidency post in the coming party polls to heal the party. Whether he gets sufficient nominations is another question. The important thing is that Pak Lah has a challenger. Would there be more to come?

5. All these comes in the heels of Anwar claiming that he has enough BN backbenchers willing to crossover to PKR, to allow the opposition coalition to form the government with a simple majority.

AND what is PM’s reaction to all of these?

Simple: “This government is very strong, we have the support too.”

Does anyone buy that? Only time will tell.