Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin urged Umno members to stop labelling him a traitor, saying he had loyally served the party for almost four decades.
The Umno deputy president said he had done much for the party including rebuilding its Johor chapter after it was declared illegal in 1988.
"I have remained loyal to Umno through various crises. So don't be so quick to call me a traitor and ask me to step down.
"A Selangor division chief is among those calling for me to step down, even though his own members are asking him to quit," he said in a statement posted on his Facebook page tonight.
Muhyiddin’s statement comes against a backdrop of speculation, which was fuelled by his sacking from Cabinet as deputy prime minister, that he would be removed from his party post at the next Umno Supreme Council meeting on September 9.
Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos demanded that the party sack Muhyiddin from his post while Sri Gading Umno chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi wanted the deputy president disciplined for criticising Datuk Seri Najib Razak over 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
- TMI
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