Umno and the Crisis; Analysis on Internal Crisis — Selected Cases

Abstract

Democracy (Elections and Party Elections) and based on customary practices. However, in certain circumstances, the process of leadership replacement often leads to conflict and polemics when there is a desire to know the leadership properly even if done in the name of Democracy (freedom to contest and choose leaders). Although Democracy's demands allow competition (an element of openness), the foundation of an open system of government will be the agenda to defend the interests of small groups while the majority of other groups fall victim to the policy of liberalization and openness. Then there will be impact and consequences. UMNO as the largest party to the Malays, has gone through no less than fifteen (15) major crises since the party was established in 1946. In the series of crises that occurred these 4 criteria are taken into account and are always valued and analyzed i.e. Who or the main character is involved, What are the issues involved and involved, The causal cause of the initiator to the crisis and what is the end to the crisis as well as its implications. Based on the research of this article, it is concluded that the DNA of UMNO is a crisis where the crisis and the conflict create, build, strengthen, empower and also give weakness to the political party.