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PUAD Zarkashi has defended Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi against calls for him to step down following the party’s dismal performance in the state elections on Saturday. The Umno Supreme Council member said demanding Zahid relinquish the top post is …

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 …

THE Unity Government risks losing more political support if Umno does not change, says an analyst. Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Ahmad Fauzi Hamid said Umno’s poor performance at the ballot box was “unsurprising”, and the party must do some soul-searching. “Umno …

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 …

WINNING only 19 out of 108 seats it contested, Umno must restructure its organisation if it wants to stay relevant. Meantime, the “green wave” which carried Perikatan Nasional to win 74 parliamentary seats in the 2022 general election continued its …

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 …