Well done, Puad tells Pagoh Umno for saying ‘no’ to Muhyiddin

 

Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi says he supports Pagoh Umno’s stand to field an Umno candidate in parliamentary and state seats in Pagoh. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has stood by the Pagoh Umno division’s refusal to make way for PPBM president Muhyiddin Yassin, the incumbent in the Pagoh parliamentary seat, at the next general election (GE15).

In a Facebook post, Puad congratulated Pagoh Umno for making their stand, adding that a formal motion will be submitted by the division to the supreme council.

“As a member of the Supreme Council, I strongly support Pagoh Umno’s stand to field an Umno candidate to contest the parliamentary and state seats in the Pagoh constituency,” he said.

Yesterday, Pagoh Umno chief Ismail Mohamed said the division’s members unanimously passed a resolution at their annual meeting, objecting to the Johor Umno leadership’s decision to make way for Muhyiddin.

He said state leaders had decided in November to stand in 25 parliamentary seats with fellow Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties in GE15 but had also agreed not to contest the Pagoh seat, which Muhyiddin has held since 1978.

Meanwhile, Pulai Umno became the first division in the country to pass a resolution asking party leaders to quit the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government immediately to force a general election.

Its head Nur Jazlan Mohamed, who confirmed this to FMT, said the delegates at the annual general meeting on Friday had unanimously decided that it would be in the best interest of Umno and its reputation to leave the ruling coalition before the party is also blamed for the failure of PN, under the leadership of Muhyiddin, to govern properly. - FMT