PETALING JAYA: Umno MPs will know what to do when voting on any motion tabled at the Dewan Rakyat, a party Supreme Council member said, in an apparent rebuke of his secretary-general Ahmad Maslan.
Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, the party’s election director, said every MP had their own stance and need not be told what to do even if they were bound by the Umno Supreme Council’s decision to retract support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
Tajuddin told Utusan Malaysia that Ahmad had been instructing Umno MPs to abide by the council’s decision.
“I am an MP, I know what to do. Are MPs so stupid that they would not know how to take care of the party’s interests?
“You want us to follow the party’s decision? We know, lah,” the Pasir Salak MP was quoted by the Malay daily as saying.
Last week, Ahmad said Umno MPs were allowed to use their own discretion when voting for any motion at the next Parliament sitting.
However, he said that any decision made by the party must serve as a guide for Umno MPs when casting their vote.
While he did not mention anything about a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, Ahmad was believed to be alluding to Umno’s decision to withdraw support for Muhyiddin.
Tajuddin also said the Dewan Rakyat would decide if Umno’s move to retract support for Muhyiddin was a success or not.
This was because any attempt to topple the prime minister would only work if a motion of confidence was tabled and Muhyiddin lost the majority. - FMT
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