Pioneer Woman writes "Abdul Rahman Dahlan, secretary general of the United Malays National Organization party's youth wing, said all those vying for national youth posts must have blogs to introduce themselves and their programs ahead of party elections in December. "All candidates must have blogs," says Rahman. "If not, they are not qualified to be leaders." The decision appeared aimed at countering heavy losses that the ruling National Front coalition suffered in last month's general elections, partly because in a country where mainstream media is tightly controlled by the government they underestimated the power of online campaigning. In the past, party politicians have said bloggers spread lies and rumors but now even youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin — who once compared bloggers to monkeys living by the law of the jungle — has a blog. "The last election showed that we lost the cyberwar. We need to embrace the technology now," Rahman said adding that help will be available for party members who do not know how to create a blog."
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