Umno tolak kerusi PBT kerana tak tamak – Zahid

UMNO menafikan dakwaan bahawa parti Melayu itu tamak untuk mendapatkan jawatan ahli majlis pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) di Selangor selepas menyerahkan semula kuota 20 jawatan tersebut kepada parti sekutunya, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
Presidennya, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata tindakan tersebut dibuat untuk bersikap adil kepada UMNO Selangor yang mempunyai 22 bahagian, namun hanya ditawarkan sebanyak 20 jawatan.
“Tidak timbul soal tamak dalam perkara ini, kerana kami ada 22 ketua bahagian. Jadi kalau ada yang dapat, dan tidak dapat, adalah lebih baik semua tidak dapat (jawatan ahli majlis PBT).
“Kita serahkan kepada Kerajaan Perpaduan di Selangor di bawah pimpinan Menteri Besarnya, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari untuk bersama-sama dengan kami, walaupun kami di luar PBT, kami akan tetap dukung dan menyokong program kerajaan negeri melalui PBT ini,” katanya di Putrajaya, semalam.

Umno turns down Selangor local council seats

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed that the party rejected local council seats offered by the Selangor state government.

Zahid said he respected the decision conveyed to him by Selangor Umno during a meeting last night, adding that there was nothing to be disappointed about.

The deputy prime minister said one of the reasons for the rejection was that some Umno division leaders could not be appointed as local council members.

“It is not a question of being greedy. We have 22 division chiefs (in Selangor), so if there are some who do not get (appointed), then it is better that none of them are appointed,” he said.

“Even though we (Umno) are not in local councils (in Selangor), we still support the state government,” he said in Putrajaya.

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