We could have bankrupted Umno much earlier if we wanted to, says Dr M KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Mahathir Mohamad today dismissed claims that the government is trying to bankrupt Umno through its civil forfeiture suits to recover money said to be from state investment fund 1MDB. The prime minister said the party was free to set up "another Umno" but that if its members had committed wrongdoing, they would have to face legal action.

Reason 1: MAHATHIR, PPBM, PKR AND DAP

This is because Mahathir's party is a small party, so long as Mahathir becomes Prime Minister, the larger DAP can extort more concessions from Mahathir as Mahathir strongly needs DAP's support to remain Prime Minister.

These tycoons like to Mahathir, therefore, DAP also like Mahathir.

And although Azmin is supposed to have 20 PKR MPs including the PKR ministers who support him, but if Anwar becomes Prime Minister, all those supposedly following Azmin will turn and jump to Anwar in lightning, including Azmin's strong supporters, the Minister of Housing, Zuraida Kamaruddin.

On the eve of the day, Anwar will put Mahathir and his cronies into prison just to avenge Mahathir for what he has done for him so long, as sooner he (Anwar) is crowned as Prime Minister of the 8th.

Short article on the direction and survival of Malay politics after GE-14 and ahead of GE 15.Government PH under Dr. Mahathir has now freeze UMNO accounts.Mahathir and the government through the MACC, has filed charges against 41 individuals and entities associated with UMNO for the forfeiture of property.Mahathir said he could bankrupt the Umno if he wants to.All this is to pressure UMNO to bow, adhere to and kneel to him.He also wants to force more UMNO leaders to jump in his party.If UMNO stubbornly, then, Mahathir has the option of banning UMNO.However, Mahathir knows that UMNO can not be solved from outside.What Mahathir is going to do and abolishing UMNO is, by undermining and breaking UMNO from within, as what he is currently doing to PKR.Mahathir will try to show as if UMNO still needs him, then "invites" him supposedly to "save" UMNO.But there are three reasons why UMNO is no longer in need of Mahathir, but it is detrimental to UMNO if Mahathir returns:FIRST, Mahathir is not a person who is principled or loyal to his friends and struggles.Whenever Mahathir is depressed with his party, he will work with the enemy, and betray his party.Previously, Mahathir had made this to UMNO several times. When UMNO did not follow, he jumped in PH to work with the DAP against UMNO.Mahathir is now depressed in PH. This time Mahathir had a problem with Anwar once more. And Mahathir had "talked" out of Pakatan.The message Mahathir wants to say is that if PH does not follow him, he will jump the party as he did before.Previously, Mahathir had pledged to give power to Anwar to become Prime Minister within two years, but recently the term was extended to three years.The fact is that Mahathir did not want Anwar to become Prime Minister.Anwar certainly knows this and Anwar is forced to take steps to bring down Mahathir once again and anyone who Mahathir intends to appoint besides himself (Anwar), including Azmin, Mukhriz or Muhyiddin.For this, first of all, Anwar needs to get DAP support.In PH, who gets DAP support, he will be the Prime Minister.This is because non-Malay and non-Muslim blocks in PH are huge.Of the 129 PH Members of Parliament (DAP, PKR, PPBM and PAN), the majority or more than half of them are non-Malay and non-Muslim MPs.If all the UMNO MPs enter PPBM, it will not change the fact that PH is a DAP-dominated non-Malay concept.Because majority or more than 70% of PH voters in the last GE-14 are non-Malays and non-Muslims choose DAP, and this shows that DAP has a strong influence.And the members of UMNO MPs who jump in PPBM are seen directly in conjunction with the DAP, hence the grassroots and Malay supporters who had previously voted for them would not follow them and even reproach them as traitors.This is what happened to six former UMNO leaders who have jumped the party before.When they re-contest their area on the PH ticket in the next GE-15, they are likely to be "killed".This is why since last year I have said it is better if Umno leaders are in line with the grassroots in UMNO. And fighting together with PAS, because the BN and PAS opportunities to win the elections and form the government in this way are brighter to bring a more solid struggle for Malays and Islam.Although some say the DAP now supports Anwar, I do not think this is true.If the DAP supports Anwar, Anwar has long been able to bring down Mahathir and replace him as Prime Minister, but this does not happen.Anwar is still waiting and playing safe. He is not sure who the DAP actually supports.DAP still supports Mahathir. But he did not want the Malays to know that he is close to the DAP or the support of and in accordance with the dictates of the DAP.If the Malays believe that the DAP supports Anwar and not Mahathir, this will benefit Mahathir and disadvant Anwar politically. This is what Mahathir wants. The average Malays can not accept the DAP.In fact, it is more beneficial to the DAP if they support Mahathir than they support Anwar.In this real-politic is called 'political leverage', and the DAP has a lot of political leverage on Mahathir.DAP leaders who are wise to read politics like Kit Siang certainly know this.So when PH won and became Prime Minister Mahathir 7th, almost all cabinet ministers critical to the provision of large projects, namely Finance, Transport, Communications, Energy and Commodities, everything has been monopolized DAP.And this is why now wherever Mahathir goes, there are some tortuous business supporters who are strong, and who finance DAP follow it.If Anwar Ibrahim becomes Prime Minister, it is harder for DAP to negotiate with Anwar to get concessions and cabinet and government posts.Because as Prime Minister, Anwar and PKR have more members of parliament and is the largest party in the coalition of PH therefore has a stronger political leverage than Mahathir and PPBM.If Anwar becomes Prime Minister, Anwar will surely overthrow the cabinet and put more PKRs in government posts that are taken from the DAP and PPBM quota.And it is likely that Anwar will also cancel or reverse the projects that Mahathir has approved to his cronies and DAP before, to give his followers and cronies (Anwar).I do not think Zuraida was willing to lose the ministerial post when Anwar became Prime Minister solely to defend Azmin who had been plagued by his cursed and dashed scandal of his political future.And Anwar will unite PKR back with all the 47 MPs support him by using his power as prime minister.When this happens, the PPBM and the people of Mahathir and their political and project interests and the DAP will also lose some of the political power in the government.This is very dangerous to Mahathir and his followers.For this reason, over the past year I have said that as long as Mahathir is alive he will not give power to Anwar no matter what he (Mahathir) says in front of the masses and journalists.