Challenge leaders on their ideas

HOW times have changed. Back in 2000 when Umno was undergoing its last internal polls, Kuala Lumpur was seething with talk of the party’s imminent demise. 

Many of us – including myself – discussed the possibility of Umno’s political eclipse. Indeed, there were a few moments before the 1999 elections when it appeared that PAS could well become the country’s largest Malay/ Muslim party.