When the Umno faithful convene today for the three-day party general assembly, it will beto pay tribute to Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and to witness the smoothest transition of power Umno has ever seen, writes JOCELINE TAN.
KEDAH Puteri Umno head Suraya Yaakob remembers clearly that evening a year ago when Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad paused to sip some water several times in the midst of his winding-up speech at the end of the general assembly before dropping the bombshell that he was quitting.