Former Terengganu Umno chief Idris Jusoh wants the party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to take responsibility for its major losses in Saturday's six state elections.
In a brief status on Facebook, he called for Zahid’s resignation following the elections’ results.
"Umno suffered a major defeat in the six state elections yesterday. Umno also lost 100 percent in Terengganu.
"Zahid should resign...," he said.
The state elections in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu yesterday saw Umno securing only 19 state seats in Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Penang and Kelantan.
The results showed that the Pakatan Harapan-BN pact was only successful in Negeri Sembilan, where a two-thirds majority was won with BN - contributing 14 out of 30 seats for the state government.
BN also failed to contribute more than two seats to the pact in all other states, including the crucial state of Kedah, where they suffered a wipeout.
In Terengganu, both BN and Harapan were also wiped out and saw Perikatan Nasional make a clean sweep.
Meanwhile, former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin expects that Zahid will not step down even when BN performs poorly in the state elections.
He reportedly said in Rembau yesterday that Umno would instead "act clueless" and it will be business as usual.
"Zahid will not step down. Umno will continue to run as usual.
"The party will act clueless," he said, as quoted by the News Straits Times. - Mkini
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