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What's Next for Khairy Jamaluddin?

Tough days are in store for Khairy Jamaluddin – the mercurial but also talented Umno Youth Chief – and chances are high that he may lose the battle being waged against him by his own party mates. The buzz in Umno is that former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad wants him out, while Prime Minister Najib Razak – the current party president – is looking for a convenient scapegoat to mask his own lukewarm leadership. “There is the perception that Khairy is too liberal and he is not doing the job of the traditional Umno Youth Chief. So far, he hasn’t waved the keris again or initiated excessive sloganeering like Hidup Melayu that the hard liners in Umno like to see,” PAS Youth leader Abdullah Karim told Harakahdaily. “His moderate stance has given opportunities to his enemies especially for Mahathir to take revenge against him. And Najib is close to Mahathir, so he is definitely not going to stick his neck out for Khairy.“ No-confidence vote According to party watchers, the Umno Youth executi