Dr Akmal masih ketua Pemuda, kata Asyraf

SETIAUSAHA Agung Umno Datuk Wira Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki memaklumkan beliau tidak menerima sebarang permohonan rasmi daripada Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh untuk melepaskan jawatan ketua Pemuda seperti dilaporkan sebuah portal media.

“Tidak ada. Saya sebagai setiausaha agung parti tidak berpandukan kepada kata-kata di media sosial atau cakap-cakap berlegar,” katanya pada sidang media menjelang Perhimpunan Agung Umno (PAU) 2025.

Terdahulu, FMT melaporkan Setiausaha Pemuda Umno Hafiz Ariffin menafikan Akmal meletak jawatan ketua Pemuda dan Adun Merlimau.

Portal terbabit melaporkan Akmal didakwa menyatakan hasrat melepaskan jawatan berkenaan kepada sekumpulan pemimpin Pemuda Umno menerusi mesej WhatsApp, semalam.

Dalam pada itu, Asyraf turut menasihati Akmal supaya tidak mudah lemah semangat sekiranya cadangan dibangkitkan tidak diterima pucuk pimpinan.

Dr Akmal is still Youth chief, says Asyraf

UMNO has denied receiving any official resignation letter from its Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh, dismissing viral claims on social media as speculation and hearsay.

The party’s secretary-general, Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, said no formal notice had been submitted and stressed that Umno does not base leadership decisions on rumours circulating online.

“There is none. So far, no official letter has been received. As the party’s secretary-general, we do not base our position on what is being said on social media or on talk that is going around,” he said today.

The denial comes amid mounting speculation over the position of Dr Akmal, following reports that he was preparing to step down as Umno Youth chief and as the Merlimau state assemblyman.

Earlier today, an Umno Youth leader sought to play down the rumours by pointing to Akmal’s continued political activity.

 

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