JOHOR BARU: Pulai Umno division chief Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed has denied that they do not support Pakatan Harapan candidate Suhaizan Kaiat. This was in response to several banners claiming that branches in the Pulai division were against Suhaizan's nomination, photos of which went viral on social media. "This is a dirty tactic by some to confuse...
PETALING JAYA: Umno does not need an extraordinary general meeting to discuss fresh party polls, says supreme council member Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi. He said the party polls had been settled as of March 18, involving positions from branch level up to the vice presidents' posts. “There are already fresh faces in the VP posts and at...
KUANTAN: The Pelangai state seat will continue to be contested by an Umno candidate representing Barisan Nasional. Bentong Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Zaini Salleh said Pelangai was the only seat in the Bentong parliamentary constituency that had always been contested by Umno. A by-election is on the cards to fill the vacancy left by the...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Datin Maznah Salleh, the wife of Penang Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir, died on Sunday (Aug 20) at a private medical centre in Seberang Jaya. She was 70. Musa said his wife died at about 7.40pm while receiving treatment at the private hospital due to stroke. "She had suffered a stroke earlier...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno chief Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has labelled calls asking Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahidi Hamidi to step down as unfair, as Umno's poor showing in the recent state polls was a collective responsibility of the party leadership. Bung, who is also an Umno supreme council member, in urging for such...
PETALING JAYA: Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid has come to her father Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s defence in the face of a barrage of criticism levelled at the Umno and Barisan Nasional chief. “Leaders come and go. What is certain is that Umno will be inherited by those who are rude and have no manners,” she...
KOTA KINABALU: It is absurd for Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee to propose that peninsula-based parties should sit out the next state polls, says Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin “Malaysia is a democratic country and allows for all registered parties to contest in any state,” said the Sabah Umno chairman in...
SERDANG: Umno will conduct a post-mortem to identify weaknesses that contributed to the party losing most of the seats it contested in the six state elections on Saturday (Aug 12), says its vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. Commenting on calls for Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to step down following the party’s...
KLANG: Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional's losses in Malay-majority areas are probably due to the anger and disappointment of the electorate, says Tan Sri Noh Omar. The former Selangor Umno chief and six-term Tanjong Karang MP said Malays are especially disappointed and angry with Umno, which they believe has strayed from its original struggles. “Now the Malays...
PETALING JAYA: Former Terengganu Umno chief Tan Sri Idris Jusoh has called on party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to resign following the party’s crushing losses in Saturday’s state polls. The former Terengganu mentri besar urged Ahmad Zahid to take responsibility for the party's poor performance especially after they were completely swept away by...
