Akmal fails to obey convention conditions

UMNO set two conditions when Dr Akmal Saleh was given the go-ahead to organise the Umno Youth convention last Saturday, says an Umno leader.

The leader, who did not wish to be named, said one condition was to refrain from discussing a withdrawal from the unity government. The other was that there would not be any criticism of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

The source told FMT that it was only on the basis of this assurance that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi agreed to the programme proceeding.

The source said that matters Akmal raised at the convention, such as Umno leaving the government, realigning with PAS or shifting its political allegiance, were never discussed with Zahid.

“He does not endorse, approve or even entertain such ideas,” the source said, adding that Zahid had not issued any instruction or directive for the youth wing to deliberate on leaving the government.

When Akmal opened the convention, he claimed that the assembly had been approved by Zahid. He also claimed that Zahid told him that he would back calls by grassroots members to exit the unity government.

Akmal said this in response to claims that he did not get Zahid’s blessing to hold the convention, and that he was going against the party leadership.

He was reported to have said: “I want to make it clear – Zahid was the first person to agree to this convention. I told him that if we were to ‘pull the handbrake’ and leave the government today, he would be the first to be targeted.

“But Zahid told me that if this is what the grassroots want, he is prepared to fight all the way.”

 

Akmal langgar dua syarat anjur konvensyen

UMNO mengenakan dua syarat kepada Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh sebelum Konvensyen Pemuda pada 3 Januari, yang tidak langsung dihormatinya, kata seorang pemimpin parti.
Pemimpin senior yang enggan namanya disebut, berkata salah satu daripadanya ialah isu keluar dari kerajaan Perpaduan dan tidak menyebut kerjasama dengan Pas. Beliau juga dinasihatkan agar tidak mengkritik Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Sumber itu berkata inilah syarat yang diberikan oleh presiden parti, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi bagi membolehkan konvensyen itu diadakan.

“Tiga perkara itu tidak langsung disebut sebagai agenda konvensyen.

“Datuk Zahid tidak langsung menyokong idea yang disebut pada konvensyen itu,” kata sambil menambah presiden parti tidak pernah memberi arahan agar ianya disebut.

Dalam ucapannya, Akmal mendakwa konvensyen itu mendapat izin Zahid dan berkata presiden berjanji akan menyokong usul keluar dari Kerajaan Madani.

 

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