Umno tiada hasrat jadi pembangkang di N9

DATUK Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi menegaskan parti itu kekal sebahagian kerajaan perpaduan di Negeri Sembilan dan tidak pernah membincangkan pengganti Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun.

Bercakap kepada media selepas satu majlis, Zahid berkata pihaknya tidak berminat menjadi pembangkang seperti disuarakan oleh Ketua Umno Negeri Sembilan Jalaluddin Alias, Sabtu lalu.

“Kita tiada niat nak jadi pembangkang, itu satu sebuah kenyataan sahaja.

“Tapi Umno pusat telah memutuskan 14 Adun di Negeri Sembilan itu tetap menjadi sebahagian daripada kerajaan perpaduan di Negeri Sembilan,” katanya.

Minggu lalu, 14 Adun BN Negeri Sembilan mengisytiharkan menarik balik sokongan terhadap Aminuddin susulan dakwaan kegagalannya menguruskan krisis institusi di negeri itu sehingga menjadi perdebatan umum.

Perkembangan itu berlaku di tengah-tengah krisis berterusan melibatkan empat pembesar yang mahu menyingkirkan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.

Jalaluddin pada Sabtu berkata pihaknya rela menjadi pembangkang daripada bersama Pakatan Harapan (PH) dalam pentadbiran kerajaan susulan krisis adat dan perlembagaan di negeri itu.

Menurutnya, ini kerana mereka tidak rela melihat sahaja kesilapan yang dilakukan oleh Aminuddin.

Berhubung kesiapsiagaan menghadapi kemungkinan PRN mengejut, pengerusi BN itu berkata parti komponennya sentiasa berada dalam keadaan siap siaga.

“Semua parti telah bersiap sedia dan paling penting apabila mandat kepada rakyat ini kita serahkan semula, maka rakyat harus memilih kombinasi terbaik,” katanya.

No intention to become Opposition in N9

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reaffirmed that the party remains part of the unity government in Negeri Sembilan, and has never discussed replacing menteri besar Aminuddin Harun.

Speaking to reporters after an event, Zahid said Umno has no intention of becoming the opposition, as suggested by state Umno chief Jalaluddin Alias on Saturday.

“We have no intention of becoming the opposition.

“Umno’s central leadership has decided that all 14 of the party’s assemblymen in Negeri Sembilan will remain part of the unity government,” he said.

Last week, all Umno assemblymen in the state announced that they were withdrawing support for Aminuddin, citing his alleged failure to manage an institutional crisis that has become a matter of public debate.

The development came amid an ongoing crisis involving four chieftains seeking to remove the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir.

Jalaluddin said on Saturday that the state Umno chapter was prepared to sit in the opposition rather than continue working with Pakatan Harapan in the state administration following the constitutional crisis.

He said the move was driven by their unwillingness to remain silent over what they viewed as Aminuddin’s mistakes.

On preparations for the possibility of snap state elections, Zahid said all parties in Barisan Nasional were on full alert.

“All parties are prepared, and most importantly, when we return the mandate to the people, they must choose the best possible combination,” he said.

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