A veteran Umno member has urged the mother of DAP candidate for the Teluk Intan by-election Dyana Sofya to leave the party or be sacked for openly campaigning for a rival party.
Dyana's mother Yammny Samat has said that she wanted to back her daughter despite her long-term membership in Umno.
Umno veteran Mustapha Yaakob told Berita Harian that Umno cannot ignore Yammy's insult and violation of the party's constitution.
"If Yammy is still an Umno member, her action to back anyone other than a BN candidate clashes with party ethics - it's either she quits or the party must sack her," he was quoted as saying.
"No point keeping members like her when she is clearly insulting and undermining the party's credibility," he added.
Mustapha urged Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to take immediate action.
He added that it was not a question of mother and daughter sentiments but safeguarding party interests first.
Dyana is facing off against Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong in the May 31 by-election for the parliament seat.
‘Dyana’s mum proves Umno values women’
In a separate report, Ipoh Barat Umno division chief Shamsuddin Abd Ghafar denied claims that women were denied the opportunity to hold leadership positions in Umno.
He was responding to Dyana’s claim that women lacked opportunities in Umno as opposed to DAP which had chosen her as its by-election candidate.
“Dyana’s mother, Yammy Samat, was once the Ipoh Wanita Umno secretary and it was among the highest positions at the division level.
“This is evidence that we acknowledge the role of women in the party,” he was quoted as saying in Sinar Harian.
Shamsuddin also acknowledged that Yammy is today a member of Kampung Tersusun Tawas Tambahan Umno branch under the Ipoh Barat Umno division and Dyana’s uncle, Mohd Idris Samat, is the branch chief.
Noh claims PKR an extremist party
Meanwhile, Utusan Malaysia reported Umno MP Noh Omar calling PKR a party of extremists.
Noh said he was not surprised with recent reports that gangsterism behaviour had forced a re-vote at 27 PKR branches in the party elections.
He said this was because the 16-year old party was forged in the "negative culture" of reformation and rebellion.
"If we look at PKR's history, it started as a reformation movement to back Anwar Ibrahim by breaking the law and disobeying rules," the MP for Tanjong Karang was quoted as saying.
Dyana's mother Yammny Samat has said that she wanted to back her daughter despite her long-term membership in Umno.
Umno veteran Mustapha Yaakob told Berita Harian that Umno cannot ignore Yammy's insult and violation of the party's constitution.
"If Yammy is still an Umno member, her action to back anyone other than a BN candidate clashes with party ethics - it's either she quits or the party must sack her," he was quoted as saying."No point keeping members like her when she is clearly insulting and undermining the party's credibility," he added.
Mustapha urged Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to take immediate action.
He added that it was not a question of mother and daughter sentiments but safeguarding party interests first.
Dyana is facing off against Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong in the May 31 by-election for the parliament seat.
‘Dyana’s mum proves Umno values women’
In a separate report, Ipoh Barat Umno division chief Shamsuddin Abd Ghafar denied claims that women were denied the opportunity to hold leadership positions in Umno.
He was responding to Dyana’s claim that women lacked opportunities in Umno as opposed to DAP which had chosen her as its by-election candidate.
“Dyana’s mother, Yammy Samat, was once the Ipoh Wanita Umno secretary and it was among the highest positions at the division level.
“This is evidence that we acknowledge the role of women in the party,” he was quoted as saying in Sinar Harian.
Shamsuddin also acknowledged that Yammy is today a member of Kampung Tersusun Tawas Tambahan Umno branch under the Ipoh Barat Umno division and Dyana’s uncle, Mohd Idris Samat, is the branch chief.
Noh claims PKR an extremist party
Meanwhile, Utusan Malaysia reported Umno MP Noh Omar calling PKR a party of extremists.
Noh said he was not surprised with recent reports that gangsterism behaviour had forced a re-vote at 27 PKR branches in the party elections.
He said this was because the 16-year old party was forged in the "negative culture" of reformation and rebellion.
"If we look at PKR's history, it started as a reformation movement to back Anwar Ibrahim by breaking the law and disobeying rules," the MP for Tanjong Karang was quoted as saying.
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