KJ diminta hantar borang sertai Umno semula

BEKAS Menteri Kesihatan, Khairy Jamaluddin dilaporkan akan kembali ke pangkuan Umno sebelum pilihan raya negeri (PRN) Sabah, pada 29 November ini.

Memetik sumber, Berita Harian melaporkan bekas ahli Parlimen Rembau itu sudah mendapat ‘restu’ pimpinan tertinggi Umno khususnya presiden parti, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi untuk berbuat demikian.

Sumber berkata, isyarat restu berkenaan disampaikan oleh Ahmad Zahid kepada Khairy atau KJ yang kini menjadi penyampai radio di Hot FM ketika timbalan perdana menteri itu menghadiri majlis perkahwinan anak perempuan Pengerusi Perhubungan Umno Perlis, Rozabil Abdul Rahman, Ahad lalu.

“Pada pertemuan itu Zahid sendiri memaklumkan supaya Khairy menghantar borang keahliannya untuk kembali menjadi ahli Umno.

“Khairy dijangka membantu kempen Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam PRN Sabah nanti.

“Ini memandangkan sebahagian calon yang bakal ditampilkan parti nanti adalah seusia dan rakan-rakan politiknya,” kata sumber itu.

Akhbar itu juga memetik sumber berkenaan sebagai berkata, Khairy turut dipertimbangkan untuk dinamakan sebagai calon BN pada Pilihan Raya Umum (PRU) akan datang bagi mewakili kawasan Parlimen Kepala Batas.

“Parlimen itu adalah kawasan tradisi bapa mentuanya, Allahyarham Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,” katanya.

Berita Harian turut memetik sumber Umno yang memaklumkan, setakat hari ini, parti itu belum menerima sebarang surat permohonan daripada Khairy.

Khairy dipecat dari Umno pada Januari 2023 susulan kelantangannya mengkritik kepimpinan tertinggi parti sepanjang kempen PRU ke-15. Namun sejak itu, dia berulang kali menegaskan pendirian untuk tidak menyertai mana-mana parti oleh kerana kesetiaannya masih bersama Umno.

 

KJ told to submit form to rejoin Umno

FORMER Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is expected to rejoin Umno before the Sabah state election at the end of next month.

According to sources, the former Rembau MP — now a radio presenter on Hot FM — has already received the blessing of the party’s top leadership, particularly its president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, to return to Umno’s fold, Berita Harian reported today.

The green light was reportedly conveyed personally by the Deputy Prime Minister to Khairy, or KJ, when he attended the wedding of the daughter of Perlis Umno liaison chief Rozabil Abdul Rahman last Sunday.

“At the meeting, Zahid himself told Khairy to submit his membership form to become an Umno member again.

“Khairy is expected to assist in Umno and Barisan Nasional’s (BN) campaign during the Sabah polls. Many of the candidates to be fielded are of his generation and among his political peers,” the source said.

The source also revealed that Khairy is being considered as a potential BN candidate in the next general election to contest the Kepala Batas parliamentary seat.

“That constituency was the traditional seat of his father-in-law, the late Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,” the source added.

Meanwhile, a party source said Umno has yet to receive any formal application from Khairy to rejoin the party.

Khairy’s return is expected to inject fresh momentum into Umno’s efforts to regain Malay support, particularly among the younger generation.

In January 2023, Khairy was expelled from Umno for openly criticising the party’s top leadership during the 15th general election campaign.

However, he has since repeatedly declared that he would not join any other political party, citing his continued loyalty to Umno.

During GE15, Khairy contested under BN in Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) stronghold of Sungai Buloh. Although he lost, he managed to secure an impressive number of votes and significantly reduced PH’s overwhelming majority in the constituency.

While PH’s candidate R Ramanan retained the seat, his winning majority dropped sharply to just 2,693 votes — a stark contrast to the 2018 election, when PKR’s R Sivarasa won the seat with a majority of 26,634 votes.

During GE15, Umno and BN were at one of their weakest points, winning only 26 parliamentary seats and failing to secure any in several states, including Selangor, Melaka, Perlis, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.

Khairy first joined the Cabinet under Najib Razak as Minister of Youth and Sports, earning praise for his management of the 2017 SEA Games and the introduction of the National Sports Council’s Podium Programme, aimed at winning Malaysia’s first Olympic gold medal, as well as the National Football Development Programme.

He later served as Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, playing a key role in developing the MySejahtera app and overseeing the country’s vaccine procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under Malaysia’s ninth prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Khairy was appointed Health Minister, taking full responsibility for the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination rollout.

 

 

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