Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad often displays an affinity for rogue leaders. What makes him tick this way is beyond ordinary man's (Malaysian) comprehension.

When he was in power his tentacles creeped into every organs of our democracy the executive, the judiciary, the palace. The doctrine of the separation of powers was not his cup of tea.

During his presidency, Umno devised an unique party democracy and that is the president's and deputy president's pots cannot be challenged. Now he is asking Umnoputras to be 'self thinkingputras' almost overnight and to be courageous enough to effect a leadership change in the party.

Can 22 years of mindless membership achieve this mammoth feat?

Perhaps UUM's Institute on Mahathir Thoughts can enlighten us with its scholarly research on the matter since 2003?