‘Dua jawatan tertinggi boleh dipertandingkan’

PRESIDEN UMNO, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi terbuka sekiranya dua jawatan tertinggi dalam parti itu dipertandingkan pada Pemilihan UMNO 2026.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri itu menyerahkan kepada Majlis Kerja Tertinggi UMNO (MKT) dan Perhimpunan Agung UMNO akan datang untuk membuat sebarang ketetapan berhubung perkara tersebut.

Namun tegasnya, UMNO perlu mengukuhkan parti terlebih dahulu berbanding memikirkan soal pemilihan dan jawatan tertinggi parti.

“Saya amat terbuka dalam perkara ini. Namun apa yang lebih penting UMNO harus dipertahankan dan kekal relevan bukannya memikirkan soal pertandingan.

“Kita perlu lihat situasi sesuatu tahun atau tarikh yang akan ditentukan itu sudah tentunya seseorang calon itu tidak boleh membuat keputusan secara bersendirian, ia bergantung kepada dukungan para perwakilan,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas Mesyuarat Perwakilan UMNO Bahagian Muar di Dewan UMNO Bahagian Muar di sini, pada Ahad.

 

Top party posts open for contest, says Zahid

PARTY president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says he is willing to be challenged for the Umno president post during the next party election in 2026.

However, he said he would leave it to the Umno supreme council and party general assembly to decide.

“According to the Umno constitution, party elections should be called once every three years, meaning the next one will be in 2026.

“There is also a clause (in the Umno constitution) stating that the leadership election can be postponed for 18 months, which means it depends on the decision of the supreme council and general assembly.

“We at Umno obey what is stated in the party constitution and regulations,” he said after officiating the Muar Umno division meeting here on Sunday (July 14).

On Saturday (July 13), Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said he was ready to defend his party post.

His statement came after Tenggara Umno chief Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba’s proposal for a motion for the president and deputy president positions to be contested at the next party polls.

 

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