p2pnet news | Politics:- For some candidates vying for national youth posts in Malaysia, blogs won’t merely be de rigueur, they’ll be compulsory.

If they’re not bloggers,  they are not qualified to be leaders,” according to Abdul Rahman Dahlan (right), secretary general of the United Malays National Organization party’s youth wing, says the Associated Press.

Even youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin, “who once compared bloggers to monkeys living by the law of the jungle,” has a blog, says the story.

It wasn’t known if senior leaders of the party will also start blogs, “to emulate opposition Democratic Action Party leader Lim Kit Siang, who has a popular Web journal,” says the story, going on:

“But the decision appeared aimed at countering heavy losses that the ruling National Front coalition suffered in last month’s general elections, partly because they underestimated the power of online campaigning. The United Malays National Party dominates the coalition.”

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Associated Press - Malaysia’s ruling party requires members to have campaign blogs, April 11, 2008

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