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A STRATEGY gone wrong, failure to provide convincing narratives and distrust towards Umno leaders – these were the main reasons for the party’s poor performance in Kelantan, say grassroots leaders here. Despite a low voter turnout of 60.96% – which …

Wan Hana Wan Jusoh was born and raised in the capital of Terengganu but left for Kuala Lumpur 10 years ago in search of employment. She found a job at a private company and soon settled down. But every election …

UMNO will contest 107 seats in the six state elections on August 12. Fielding 106 candidates, they will contest 15 seats in Kedah, 6 in Penang, 17 in Negeri Sembilan, 31 in Kelantan, 26 in Terengganu and 12 in Selangor. …

PARTY president Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this coming state elections will provide a true picture as to whether Umno is able to rise again. Speaking to Umno wings, he said from an impregnable fortress, Umno is now fighting to …

FORMER Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman will boycott Umno in the upcoming state elections after the party failed to respond to his appeals over his six-year suspension. The former deputy minister, who was also axed from the party’s Supreme …

BARISN Nasional (BN) secretary-general Zambry Abdul Kadir reportedly rejected Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) deputy president Ahmad Faizal Azumu’s claims that Perikatan Nasional (PN) will have the support of Umno grassroots in the coming state elections. The claims were made …

AMANAH’s Khalid Samad, who had in the past been critical of Umno, this evening declared that it was the best among  three Malay political parties in the country. Khalid, who is Amanah communications director, said that Umno shared the same …

DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has conceded that Malaysia’s coalition government could not have been formed without Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as Umno would have been unlikely to join forces with Pakatan Harapan (PH) otherwise. In an interview with Chinese-language …

UMNO’s long-held “phobia” about DAP stemmed from Dr Mahathir Mohamad when he was Umno president, but the party would be unwise not to accept their former rivals now, says Ahmad Maslan. “There are people who have a phobia about DAP. …