BENTONG Umno committee member Amizar Abu Adam was announced as the candidate for Pelangai state assembly by-election. When announcing it on September 20, Pahang liasion chief Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said it was agreed by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. …
Continue ReadingSUPREME Council member Nur Jazlan Mohamed had on Friday accused members of a parliamentary select committee of grandstanding over plans to have the sitting attorney general and his predecessor explain Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s conditional discharge. Nur Jazlan also accused the …
Continue ReadingUMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed the need to conduct a referendum to gauge the party’s cooperation with DAP. The deputy prime minister was commenting on the call by Umno supreme council member Isham Jalil on the matter recently. …
Continue ReadingZAHID Hamidi's DNAA is not the only one, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday. In fact, he said it was Idrus Harun's conscience which dictated that Zahid should be given a discharge not amounting to acquittal …
Continue ReadingTHE dismissal of some Umno members was not raised at the Umno Supreme Council meeting last night, the focus being on efforts to empower the party, says Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. He said the issue of Umno Supreme Council …
Continue ReadingAN UMNO leader has urged party members to ignore the opposition’s persistent provocations and instead direct their efforts towards rejuvenating the party. Likening Umno to a house, the party’s Puteri chief Nurul Amal Fauzi said members should “safeguard this house” …
Continue ReadingPEKAN Umno division has lodged a police report over a memo on former premier Najib Razak's case. Believing there was a power misappropriation, its chief Mohammad Fakhruddin Mohd Ariff said based on the leaked Attorney-General memo, its says Najib prosecution …
Continue ReadingSUPREME Council member Isham Jalil believes his name is on an expulsion list for criticising the party’s electoral cooperation with Pakatan Harapan (PH). He said his views against working with PH, especially its DAP component, was well known but denied …
Continue ReadingWITH the Amanah/Pakatan Harapan victory in Pulai and Simpang Jeram in Johor by-elections on Saturday, it is now time for Umno/BN to emulate PH by securing Pelangai state seat in Pahang. While congratulating Suhaizan Kaiat and Nazri Abdul Rahman for …
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