Hisham sedia kembali kepada Umno

BEKAS Naib Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, sedia untuk kembali berjuang dalam parti itu sekiranya diminta berbuat demikian.

Ahli Parlimen Sembrong itu menegaskan tidak pernah keluar parti meskipun digantung selama tiga tahun.

“Tiga tahun digantung, saya juga tidak pernah serang parti. Sebelum ini Majlis Tertinggi telah membuat keputusan untuk menggantung saya.

“Jadi jika ikhlas pendirian pucuk pimpinan parti untuk menarik balik penggantungan terhadap diri saya, saya akan kembali terus berjuang demi parti UMNO,” katanya dalam kenyataan di akaun media sosial miliknya, semalam.

Pada 2023, UMNO menggantung keahlian Hishammuddin selama enam tahun.

Pada 6 Mac lalu, Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, dilaporkan berkata, UMNO membuka pintu seluas-luasnya kepada mana-mana bekas ahli yang pernah dipecat, digantung keahliannya untuk kembali ke parti itu tanpa syarat.

Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) itu berkata, pelawaan di bawah inisiatif ‘Rumah Bangsa’ itu juga dibuka kepada mana-mana individu yang mahu bersama dengan perjuangan parti itu untuk menyertai UMNO.

Sebelum ini, Khairy Jamaluddin secara terbuka mengumumkan mahu kembali menyertai parti itu menerusi agenda ‘Rumah Bangsa’.

Kesediaan bekas Ketua Pemuda UMNO itu disambut baik kepemimpinan pelbagai peringkat.

 

Hisham says he is ready to return to Umno

FORMER vice president Hishammuddin Hussein says he is ready to return and be active in Umno once again if his suspension is lifted.

Hishammuddin, who is also Sembrong MP, said he never left the party even when he was was given a six-year suspension in January 2023.

“In three years of suspension, I have never attacked the party. Most importantly, I have never run away.

“It was the party supreme council that decided to suspend me.

“So, tomorrow (March 13), if the party leadership is really sincere and lift my suspension, I will return to Umno’s struggle,” said Hishammuddin in a video posted on Instagram on Thursday (March 12).

Hishammuddin also referred to the statement by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who said he is opening the doors to those who were sacked or suspended from the party.

Hishammuddin, a former Umno vice-president, said he was touched by Ahmad Zahid’s remarks.

Former Umno members who wish to rejoin must apply formally by writing to Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

In January 2023, former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin was sacked from the party, while Hishammuddin and former party information chief Shahril Hamdan were suspended for six years.