KUALA LUMPUR - Umno division leaders must give priority to the needs of the people instead of being caught up with infighting, said party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“The main objective of the party which we have nurtured all this while is to gain the trust of the people.
“In a parliamentary democracy, the absolute measurement is to win the elections and form the government. There would be no meaning in having so many members, divisions and branches unless we succeed and form the government,” he told reporters after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting here yesterday.
To a question, Najib who is also Prime Minister, said he and his deputy Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, as well as division chairmen, council members and the different wing chiefs regularly went down to the ground to look into people's needs.
“The supreme council members have been entrusted to monitor five divisions each,” he said, adding that as of May 25, 90 Umno divisions, 134 Wanita, 135 Youth and 152 Puteri divisions had completed their annual general meetings.
On another matter, he said the council had decided to appoint former Perak Mentri Besar Tan Sri Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali as the chairman of the supreme council election committee for the 2011-2013 term.
He also announced that the three-year suspension imposed on Bandar Tun Razak Wanita Umno chief Salma Pin, Bukit Katil division Puteri vice-chief Zalinah Ismail and Bukit Katil division committee member Saadun Basirun, who is also the political secretary to the Malacca Chief Minister had been lifted.
The Umno disciplinary board suspended their membership from March 12, 2009 after they were found to be involved in money politics.
On the 13th general election, Najib said an election simulation exercise would be undertaken in the middle of the year.
“The preparations are continuous and efforts would be increased towards the general election,” he said.
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