After the intense election period ended, The Prime Minister spent most of his time in Putrajaya, perhaps to reflect and to rethink the outcome of the polls. Barisan may be seen to maintain their grip as a government but won by a simple majority.
Barisan won 133 seats but fewer than the 2008, 138 seats. The issue that will cropped up in the UMNO upcoming assembly would be whether Najib will take a full responsibility as what had happened during Pak Lah tenure. Various Umno leaders have been issuing statements asking for a no contest for the post of the party president and the deputy president to avoid split.
Still, some argued that such statement may hinder the democracy principle practice by the party. On the contrary, Najib had announced that all posts are open to challenge. The new Umno electoral system with 140,000 delegates will decide on the new Umno leadership line-up. Therefore, telling others not to contest under the new scheme would be redundant as it just need a simple nomination to qualify for the post contest. Needless to say, thorny roads lies ahead for Umno as the outcomes of polls has changed the political landscape into an uphill battle.
