Zahid denies talk of 7 BN MPs vacating seats

 

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed rumours that seven BN MPs are vacating their seats.

The BN chairperson said this was just a rumour as the coalition’s MPs are tied down after signing a cooperation pact.

“Most importantly, if they want to make any political move they need to wait until the end of the term. They should also think of the mandate. In addition, appointment letters issued to them were to represent the party, not themselves.

“They have signed the agreement and made the pledge before me,” he said.

He was asked to comment on Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam’s video in which he claimed seven MPs from Johor, Pahang, Sabah, and the northern peninsula were vacating their seats.

He said this at the closing of the Royal Malaysia Police Madani Ride convoy at the Selangor Police Contingent Headquarters in Shah Alam today.

Also present were Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Hazani Ghazali, and Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan.

On the Pelangai state seat now vacant, Zahid said he discussed the matter with Pahang Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.

“We have studied the results in the last general election and we feel there must be continuity in the development of the Pelangai constituency area,” he said.

The Pelangai seat was declared vacant following the death of its incumbent Johari Harun in a plane crash on Guthrie Highway in Bandar Elmina, Shah Alam, on Aug 17.

The Election Commission in a statement today informed that a special meeting would be held this Thursday to discuss the by-election for the seat.

- Bernama