Its going to be all out war in UMNO........ Najib's running halter skelter.

The Prime Minister is responsible for coaxing Ahmad Zahid Hamidi into the fray of the Deputy President's role.The move is to ensure that Muhyiddin does not have an easy passage into the role of Deputy President. It is expected that the PM himself, will announce that he will contest the post of President, and that will force Najib to announce his candidacy as well, or will he?

This is the ace that Abdullah holds, he needs the time to decide if he is going to go for broke, and in all probability he will. Khairy is sure he will says one of Khairy's confidants. And when he does announce that he will contest and allow the membership to decide, Najib will have to make up his mind. My bet is Najib will then contest the position of Deputy.

As much as he would like to, Najib he will not stand against Abdullah for the Presidency following reasons.

The reopening of the Altantuya case, and Najib's involvement, and even if he is not involved, the questions that will hover over him regarding this case will make all believe he is. Why, even now most Malaysians believe he is involved and is part of the whole conspiracy that killed Altantuya, this is the real reason why Syed Hamid has decided to detain Raja Petra Kamaruddin. Syed Hamid is one of Najib's closest lackeys.

Another reason why he can't take on Abdullah is because at the onset there was an agreement between him and Abdullah in which he said he will not contest Abdullah and that he was satisfied to allow Abdullah to finish his job prior to handing over the reins to him come 2010. Now to stand against Abdullah after saying that will not go down well with the conservative Malays in UMNO.

The typical Najib reneged on this deal and twisted the whole agreement when he said he would wait till 2010 provided, the majority of the members wished it that way. Now Abdullah has decided to take that to the test by contesting and in doing so has given the mandate to the members, he's telling Najib in no uncertain terms lets see what they (the membership of UMNO) want.

Najib's deceit has given Abdullah the right to seek his own solution to the problem, he will stand, and promise to hand over "when the time comes," and he has every right to now determine when that time will come if he is given the mandate of the members. To whom `he hands over now is the big question.

Najib has dug his own grave, if he stayed by his word and not got seduced by the likes of Muhyiddin he would have been on a safer wicket.

Now does this explain why Abdullah decided to take over the Ministry of Defence? Everyone knows what Najib's father did to the Tengku in 1969, Abdullah will have none of it so he is safeguarding his turf.

The way things are going Najib will have to defend his position as the deputy, and that may not work in his favour unless the other candidates decide to withdraw, which is very unlikely given that Mahathir (The Mamak) will by then be hopping mad over all this scheming for which he was not consulted or even given a role.

With Najib on the brink of having the Prime Ministership grabbed from right under his nose, one wonders if he may try to go for broke too and take on Abdullah, whilst Mahathir got Anwar (framed)for sodomy Dollah is likely to go for even more serious play he has the Altantuya card close to his chest.

If the events unfold the way it is predicted, with Najib, Rustam, and Zahid in the fray, there is another wild card to consider and that is Rais Yatim for the DPM. Rais has excellent credentials for the position and will make an ideal running mate for either Razaleigh or even Abdullah, and if this happens then both Najib and Muhyiddin will be in for a tough fight.

Abdullah is not going to give up without a fight and and that is certain, Khairy will not allow him to.

There is talk on the deals that are being negotiated behind closed doors Najib,Muhyiddin and even Rafidah followed by the rest in the supreme council have assured Abdullah that they would throw their weight behind Khairy for the Youth post if Abdullah steps down. If Abdullah accepts this deal (which Khairy is not in favour of), this bargain will infuriate not only the Mamak whose son is also in the running but will get the Javanese "run away" Khir Toyo singing the blues as well.

Khairy does not trust the Supreme Council members - Najib especially and does not want such a deal in place, he has told his father-in -law that if he assumes the post that way it will only be a stop gap measure, Abdullah is the type of person who listens but does not remark,that is because he does not understand most of the things said, he is not a real politician, he does talk to Khairy over dinner he has been listening intently to all Khairy has told him, and he will make a decision, and like he said "the decision will be mine" and when the decision comes we'll see if Khairy has ever had an influence over the old man.

Frankly Xroy