GRASSROOTS ON FIRE: Branches enraged their motions urging Najib to quit QUASHED by division bigwigs

Umno branches have proposed that motions against party president Datuk Seri Najib Razak be debated at the upcoming general assembly, but they were quashed at the division level, a grassroots leader said.

Taman TKK branch chief Kamarul Azman Habibur Rahman said the motions were scuttled to give the impression that all was well at the grassroots level.

“If you study the matter, there were motions to reject the president, but the motions brought forward by the branches did not reach the division level.

“They were usually filtered out before or once they reached the division level. So it appears like everything is going smoothly at the division level, but in reality, there is unhappiness,” Kamarul said at a press conference attended by other Umno branch chiefs in Puchong, Selangor, yesterday.

He said his branch, Taman TKK, was among those which proposed the motion that Najib step down as Umno president.

“Many branches have urged the president to resign. One of those is the Taman TKK branch from the Teluk Kemang division.

“But it did not reach the division level because of efforts to bury motions from branches.”

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, who oversees the motions, said no motions against Najib’s leadership would be raised at the Umno general assembly, held from December 8 to 12.

Hishammuddin said none of the motions submitted by the 191 Umno divisions touched on the subject. - TMI