Batu division cuts ties with KL Pakatan Harapan

UMNO’s Batu division has cut ties with Pakatan Harapan in the federal territories, alleging unfair treatment over the allocation of residents’ representative council subzones.

Batu Umno chief Gulam Muszaffar Gulam Mustakim said the decision was unanimously made by the division’s political bureau after PH “failed to honour” its promise to allocate one of the six residents’ representative council subzones in Batu to Umno.

The party that is allocated a subzone is given the right to appoint members of the council for that subzone.

The council, comprising local community members, is responsible for implementing social and human capital programmes in the federal territories, and helping to identify the residents’ needs, and encouraging their participation in development.

“Instead of allocating one subzone to Umno, three were given to the Batu MP while the other three were handed to the new PKR division chief to decide on council member appointments.

“They breached the agreement and took away our rights. How difficult is it to allocate us just one?” Gulam Muszaffar said.

Batu MP P Prabakaran lost to Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi in a straight fight for the Batu PKR division polls earlier this year.

Gulam Muszaffar told FMT Umno was allocated a federal territories subzone only in Lembah Pantai.

He also claimed that the Batu MP had never channelled funds to Umno for constituency work.

“We have been using our own funds in Batu. Cooperation should be genuine since we’re going into the next general election together, but they act as if we don’t exist,” he said.

He also hit out at federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, accusing her of cancelling a scheduled meeting with Umno division chiefs last week without explanation.

He said that since taking office, Zaliha had never engaged him to discuss policies or strategies in the federal territories.

“Don’t pretend you want cooperation. If Batu Umno has no value, then don’t bother working with us. We’re not desperate,” he said, noting that the 16th general election was expected to take place late next year.

Gulam Muszaffar also announced his resignation from the board of trustees of Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan, chaired by Zaliha.

“My resignation is in line with the division’s decision to cut ties with PH in Batu and the federal territories,” he said.

Batu

UMNO Batu akhiri kerjasama dengan PH WP

BIRO Politik UMNO Bahagian Batu mengumumkan keputusan untuk memutuskan kerjasama dengan Pakatan Harapan (PH) di kawasan Batu dan Wilayah Persekutuan (WP).

Ketua Bahagiannya, Datuk Gulam Muszaffar, berkata keputusan itu diambil selepas mendakwa berlaku layanan berat sebelah terhadap UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) di WP yang disifatkan tidak menghormati kedudukan parti itu sebagai rakan dalam Kerajaan Perpaduan.

Beliau mendakwa kuota Majlis Perwakilan Penduduk (MPP) yang pada awalnya diperuntukkan kepada UMNO diberikan kepada PH, selain tiada peruntukan diterima setiap kali UMNO mengadakan program.

“Kalau hendak berkawan, biarlah seperti kawan. Jangan pula cuba mencampuri urusan kuota yang menjadi hak kami,” katanya yang juga Ketua Penerangan UMNO Wilayah Persekutuan ketika dihubungi, semalam.

Gulam berkata, sebelum ini UMNO Bahagian Batu sudah mengadakan pertemuan dengan setiausaha politik kepada Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan berhubung isu pelantikan semula MPP dan agihan kuota.

Katanya, hasil pertemuan itu dipersetujui BN akan menerima satu kuota bagi setiap kawasan Parlimen dan perkara itu turut dimuktamadkan dalam pekeliling rasmi.

Namun sebaliknya berlaku apabila menteri memberi semua enam kuota itu kepada PH. Kalau mereka hendak beri lima kuota kepada mana-mana pihak dalam PKR, itu hak mereka.

“Tetapi kenapa perlu usik kuota BN? Itu jelas tidak adil,” katanya.

Terdahulu, Gulam melalui Facebook memaklumkan beliau sudah menghantar surat peletakan jawatan kepada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Wilayah Persekutuan), Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa sebagai ahli Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan yang dipengerusikan menteri itu.

 

Derma Tabung Perjuangan