WILL KHAIRY HAVE THE GUTS TO LEAVE UMNO – OR IS HE BRAVE ONLY TO TALK: UMNO MPs WHO RECENTLY QUIT YET TO APPLY TO JOIN PAKATAN, SAYS AZIZAH

NONE of the Umno leaders who left their party have joined Pakatan Harapan yet, said PH president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

The deputy prime minister also said PH had yet to call for a meeting on whether to accept or reject the former Umno leaders who had left the party.

“We have not received applications (from former Umno leaders to join PH),” she said when asked to comment on the move by two Umno leaders who had left the party yesterday.

Yesterday, Jeli MP and former international trade and industry minister Mustapa Mohamed announced that he was leaving Umno while today, former foreign minister Anifah Aman followed suit.

Meanwhile, DAP Wanita vice-president Hannah Yeoh said it was normal for political leaders to shift parties when the agenda and direction of their parties changed.

“The question now is when will KJ (Khairy Jamaluddin) leave (the party)? He had been seen to be a strong critic.

“When the opposition walked out of Parliament (last July), the only persons left in the Dewan were Anifah and Khairy. We now see that (Umno’s) direction has changed,” said the deputy minister of women, family and community development.

– Bernama