Saya setia dengan UMNO, kata Ismail Sabri

BEKAS Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob menegaskan beliau tidak pernah meninggalkan dunia politik meskipun kini dilihat kurang menonjol dalam memberi pandangan mahupun mengulas isu semasa.

Malah beliau masih memegang jawatan sebagai Ketua UMNO Bahagian Bera selain kekal berkhidmat sebagai Ahli Parlimen kawasan itu.

“Saya tidak meninggalkan terus dunia politik. Ada yang ingat saya sudah tidak aktif tetapi saya masih lagi Ketua UMNO bahagian.

“Sewaktu saya sebagai Perdana Menteri, waktu amat terhad di Bera. Jadi bila sudah tiada jawatan penting, saya perlu beri perhatian ke kawasan kerana yang jadikan saya hingga ke tahap ini adalah pengundi di Bera,” katanya Selasa lalu.

Pada 2023, Ismail Sabri yang menyandang jawatan Naib Presiden UMNO sejak 20 Disember 2018 tidak mempertahankan jawatan tersebut pada pemilihan parti bagi sesi 2023 hingga 2026.

Setiausaha Agung UMNO ketika itu, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan dalam reaksinya berkata, keputusan tersebut mungkin kerana bekas Perdana Menteri sudah sampai puncak karier politiknya.

 

I’m still loyal to Umno, says Ismail Sabri

FORMER prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob reiterated that he never left politics although he is seen as going into hiding because he never appeared on the frontline anymore.

In fact, he said he is still Bera Umno division chief and serving the constituent as their Member of Parliament.

“I never left politics. Some may think I did so but I am still a division chief.

“When I was the prime minister, I found limited time for Bera. Now is the time to focus on them since they are the ones supporting and backing me up,” he said to Sinar Harian on Tuesday.

Ismail Sabri was Umno’s vice president since December 20, 2018 however did not defend his position in the party’s election in 2023.

Umno’s secretary-general at that time Ahmad Maslan said the decision was made as Ismail Sabri has reached the pinnacle of his political carrier when he became the prime minister.

 

 

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