DAY 5 | Umno exodus this Friday, Annuar claims

 

It’s day five of campaigning for the six state elections.

News reports from the ground.

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Umno exodus on Friday, Annuar claims

9.25am: Former Ketereh MP Annuar Musa has claimed that there will be an exodus from Umno this coming Friday.

The Muafakat Nasional chairperson said he will play host to the event at his home in Kota Bharu, Kelantan on Aug 4, witnessed by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

According to Annuar, the exodus will not only involve leaders and members from the Ketereh parliamentary division, but other areas as well.

"People are leaving Umno en masse because they are no longer confident with the party's struggles, and its leadership under Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

"Umno is undergoing a severe crisis. There could be closures of Umno divisions (in Kelantan) that follow," he told a ceramah in Kota Bharu last night.

The former minister further claimed that the people of Kelantan are standing solid behind Perikatan Nasional, particularly PAS.

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Harapan-BN’s N Sembilan manifesto still in the works

8am: Seremban, Negeri Sembilan - While Pakatan Harapan and BN have jointly launched their election manifestos for Penang and Selangor, the one for Negeri Sembilan is still in the works.

Bernama reports the state’s Harapan chief Aminuddin Harun told reporters yesterday that the document is expected to be finalised in a week.

Negeri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan chief Aminuddin Harun

“The draft of the manifesto is in the final stage. Both Harapan and BN have put forward drafts of the manifesto respectively and we want to look at it together to see the similarities. It must be said that this is the first time Harapan and BN have joined hands for the state election.

“In fact, both coalitions are ready and the manifesto must be implemented. The manifesto was not drafted to attract voters and later not carried out the manifesto. Most important is to implement the manifesto to add value to the people,” the report quotes him as saying.- Mkini