KUALA KANGSAR - Umno vice president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today described as absurd, a claim that there was a directive from the top leadership to maintain the three incumbents in the slots for vice president at the party polls on Oct 19.
He said the claims were contradictory to the transformations being initiated by the party including to increase the number of delegates.
"If the president, deputy president, vice presidents and Supreme Council have agreed that there should be no quota and to optimise the number of delegates to 150,000 which is an increase of 6,000 per cent, to say we have a restriction pact is absurd because it contradicts our earlier initiative," he told reporters after meeting with Umno division members in Perak here today.
He was asked to comment on the claim posted online by a blogger, which was carried by some news portals.
Admittedly the three vice presidents felt after having collaborated in many endeavours, that they were a good combination to carry on what they had been doing, but not more than that, he assured.
In this regard, Hishammuddin who is also Defence minister pointed out that the election would be an open process and it was left to the delegates to evaluate and select their candidates without being emotional. -- BERNAMA
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