Onn mohon maaf kepada Zahid Hamidi

MENTERI Besar Johor Dato Onn Hafiz Ghazi mendedahkan memohon maaf kepada Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi selepas mendesaknya letak jawatan susulan prestasi buruk Barisan Nasional (BN) pada PRU15.

BN berdepan prestasi pilihan raya paling mengecewakan dalam sejarah selepas hanya menang 30 kerusi, yang mendorong Onn Hafiz secara terbuka menuntut Zahid selaku pengerusi BN perlu ‘berjiwa besar’ seperti Najib Razak yang berundur selepas kekalahan BN pada PRU14.

Onn Hafiz berkata, beliau memohon maaf kepada Zahid selepas menerima nasihat Sultan Johor Sultan Ibrahim dan Tengku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ismail susulan spekulasi beliau mungkin berdepan tindakan tatatertib seperti pemimpin Umno lain, yang turut menyeru peletakan jawatan Zahid.

Katanya, beliau dinasihatkan pihak Istana Johor bahawa sebagai seorang pemimpin muda, beliau mungkin telah ‘terlajak kata’ dalam kenyataannya itu, dan memohon maaf adalah tindakan wajar diambil.

“Ke bawah duli Tuanku titah: Pergi dan jumpa awak punya presiden…kita ada negeri mahu diuruskan,” katanya dalam audio siar ‘Keluar Sekejap’, dihoskan Khairy Jamaluddin dan Shahril Hamdan.

“Selepas menerima nasihat itu, saya pergi menemui Zahid dan memohon maaf sekiranya kenyataan saya mengguris perasaannya…dan Alhamdulillah, saya rasa beliau telah maafkan saya.

Terdahulu, dalam audio siar berkenaan, Shahril menarik perhatian bahawa Onn Hafiz merupakan pemimpin Umno pertama yang terbuka menuntut peletakan jawatan Zahid selepas PRU15.

Shahril berkata, beliau juga telah mengeluarkan kenyataan sama, namun akhirnya digantung keahlian Umno, manakala Onn Hafiz tidak berdepan sebarang tindakan tatatertib.

“Mungkin tetamu kita boleh jelaskan mengapa,” selorohnya.

Menjawab pertanyaan Shahril, ketua Umno Johor itu berkata: Saya rasa masa itu saya banyak berdoa!”

 

Onn apologises to Zahid over GE15 result

JOHOR menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi has revealed that he apologised to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after previously calling on him to resign following Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in the 15th general election (GE15).

BN suffered its worst electoral performance ever at GE15 after winning only 30 seats, prompting Onn Hafiz to state that BN chairman Zahid should “be magnanimous” like Najib Razak, who stepped down following BN’s defeat in GE14.

Onn Hafiz said he apologised to Zahid after receiving advice from Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail after speculation that he could face disciplinary action like other Umno leaders who had called for Zahid’s resignation.

He said he was advised by the Johor palace that as a young leader, he may have “gone too far” with his remarks and that apologising was the appropriate course of action.

“They told me, ‘Go and see your president … we have a state to run’,” he said on a Keluar Sekejap podcast hosted by Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan.

“After that advice, I went to meet Zahid and apologised if my remarks had hurt his feelings … and, Alhamdulillah, I think he forgave me.

“And now, in terms of party relationships and getting things done within the party, I think that is water under the bridge,” added the Johor Umno chief.

Earlier in the podcast, Shahril pointed out that Onn Hafiz had been the first Umno leader to publicly call for Zahid’s resignation after GE15.

Shahril said he, too, had made similar remarks but ended up being suspended from Umno, while Onn Hafiz faced no disciplinary action.

“Maybe our guest can explain why,” he joked.

 

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