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Monday, July 22, 2013

Umno ministers hijacking by-election for Umno polls, says Pakatan

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(The Malay Mail) -  Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamid was reported yesterday as reiterating his desire to defend his Umno vice-presidency, during a visit to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Tactical Base here.
Umno ministers were today accused of abusing their positions to jockey for power in the upcoming Umno party polls than campaign for their candidate in the Kuala Besut by-election which falls on July 24.

Two Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers accused their political foes of putting personal profit ahead of public interest as several Cabinet members from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), notably from its lynchpin party Umno, descended on the otherwise quiet seaside town in droves ostensibly to lend their support to the coalition’s hopeful Tengku Zaihan Che Ku Abdul Rahman.

“This is more like a campaign for Umno polls, rather than a BN campaign,” the DAP’s Anthony Loke (picture) told reporters during a walkabout here.

The Seremban MP noted that Umno politicians have held several events under their ministries here, while bringing along ministerial officers and using their ministries’ resources.

“This is an abuse of power ... But the Election Commission has turned a blind eye to it,” he added.

Meanwhile, PAS also expressed outrage over the hijacking of the by-election campaign, claiming that the locals have been disappointed by the actions of some Umno politicians.

“The by-election campaign has become a campaign for the Umno supreme council ... The people are disappointed with the phenomenon,” said PAS’s Chukai assemblyman Hanafiah Mat.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamid was reported yesterday as reiterating his desire to defend his Umno vice-presidency, during a visit to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) Tactical Base here.

“The three of us will defend our positions,” he said, referring to Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Afdal, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and himself.

Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil has also confirmed her intention to defend her Wanita presidency during an event here last Friday.

“Make your way into the court and we will fight,” she told reporters, referring to challenger and former Puteri chief Datuk Azalina Othman Said.

BN’s Tengku Zaihan faces local boy from PAS, Azlan Yusof, for the Terengganu state seat in the July 24 by-election that was called following the death of the ruling coalition’s Dr A. Rahman Mokhtar on June 26 from lung cancer.

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