Khairy warns of Umno losing power

Below is an abstract of the speech given by Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin at the party's 2010 general assembly.

In Manek Urai, Bagan Pinang and Hulu Selangor, voting patterns in young voter streams revealed a shift in the acceptance among young voters to Umno and BN.

In Hulu Selangor for instance, we won 30 young voter streams in the by-election compared to just 11 in 2008. There are, of course, a number of factors contributing to this change. Nonetheless, these results show resurgence in the support for Umno and BN, a development made possible by Umno Youth's efforts to win them over.

We should recognize that come the next general elections, it is estimated that young voters will account for 80 percent or almost three million of new voters, and that the proportion of their votes will increase from 41 percent in the 12th General Election to 49 percent in the 13th General Election.

This is in line with our research, which found that 75 percent of young people qualified to vote do plan to exercise that right in the coming election...