"We say that if you are not brave enough to play with the waves, don't make your home on the shore. "And these are not just waves. This is a tsunami," he said, referring to the beating that Barisan Nasional (BN) had taken in the March 8 general elections. "I have a long time, three years to rebuild my home in Umno. I will still stay with Umno because it is my party. I promise that I will make a comeback in Umno," he said to applause from members of his Bukit Bendera division, of which he is now former chairman. He expressed his belief that the current situation was due to the rift among Malays and their strength was not strong enough to face unforeseen circumstances such as this. "It must not have been easy to make the decision. The meeting took two-and-a-half hours but the top two leaders made this decision knowing it may not be in the favour of Umno but took it in the interest of national stability," he said of president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Razak. "You can blame the Sin Chew Jit Poh reporter for manipulating the issue but who blew up the whole thing? It was Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan followed by Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon who played the issue for more than seven-eight days. "But I know, Tsu Koon has a party election coming up, so give him a chance to cari makan (earn a living). "I also congratulate Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon. He won this game, today is his day. Umno Bukit Bendera wishes to express our deepest gratitude for the 18 years that he has worked with us and for the unique way he has repaid the goodwill of Umno, Muslims and Malays. I would like to remind Malays in Bukit Bendera and all of Malaysia not to forget that if you support Gerakan, they will repay your goodwill in a very unique way, whether they are running under BN or not," he quipped. He asserted that his statement during the Permatang Pauh by-election had been taken out of context. Tengku Adnan clarified that Ahmad was still a party member and added that the supreme council was happy that Ahmad had accepted the decision and showed that he still loved the party. "I cannot hold positions that are in the constitution, but if my division wants to create an advisory role, I can still take it up," Ahmad said. Ahmad also claimed that more than 10 buses of supporters had wanted to come down from Penang to gather in front of the Umno headquarters before the supreme council meeting but he had pleaded with them not to come as it would make things chaotic. Instead he promised that he would visit the different divisions and explain the matter to them. | 
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