FISHY GOING-ONS AT SCANDAL-PIT UMNO? AS WARLORDS FIGHT FOR TOP POST, FINAL CANDIDATES LIST DELAYED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

UMNO has delayed announcing the final list of candidates contesting the party elections until Wednesday as it is still vetting them.

The announcement today was highly anticipated but the party’s chief secretary of divisions, Azwan Aziz, told the media the final list would only be ready in two days.

“This is not the finalised list. You would need to wait at least until Wednesday.      

“We need to assess the credit status of the candidates as clause 9A of the Societies Act of 1966 forbids bankrupts from holding any post in the party,” said Azwan at the party headquarters today where candidates were given their slot numbers.

Nominations for the top office-bearers and Supreme Council posts closed at 5pm yesterday but the high number of candidates led to delays in the final list of contestants, which was supposed to be out today.

Voting for the top office-bearers will be held on June 30 and for the wing chiefs (Youth, Wanita and Puteri) on June 23.

The party elections are held this year after two postponements. The last polls were in 2013.

Following Umno’s defeat at the 14th general election, these polls will see an unprecedented number of candidates vying for posts, breaking the party’s long-standing culture of no-contests in the name of stability as members seek new leadership.

Among the candidates announced today were:

President

1) Rahmat Azim Abd Aziz (Kota Raja)

2) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Bagan Datuk)

3) Rosile Saat (Bangi)

4) Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (Gua Musang)

5) Mohd Iqbal Maricair (Bandar Tun Razak)

6) Mohd Yusof Musa @ Jamaludin (Iskandar Puteri)

7) Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (Rembau)

Deputy president

1) Mohd Hasan (Rembau)

2) Annuar Musa (Ketereh)

3) Mohd Afnalizal Salim (Pekan)

Vice-president (3 posts) 

1) Johari Abd Ghani (Titiwangsa)

2) Mahdzir Khalid (Padang Terap)

3) Ahmad Said (Kemaman)

4) Mohd Khaled Nordin (Pasir Gudang)

5) Tajuddin Abd Rahman (Pasir Salak)

6) Mohd Shukri Roslan (Damansara)

7) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Bera)

8) Sheikh Razali Sheikh Ahmad (Gua Musang)

Youth

1) Syed Rosli Syed Harman (Pandan)

2) Jamal Md Yunos (Sungai Besar)

3) Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki (Kelantan)

4) Mohd Nor Izzat Johari (Hulu Selangor)

5) Khairul Azwan Harun (Pasir Salak)

6) Mohd Shahar Abdullah (Paya Besar)

7) Wan Md Hazlyn Agyl Md Hasan (Seputeh)

8) Abdul Razak Yusof (Tanjung Malim)

9) Irwan Azhar Amin (Bangi).

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT