Umno supreme council member Isham Jalil has been hyping himself up to be a martyr who would get axed for wanting the party to keep its distance from DAP.
However, despite repeatedly claiming on social media that he would be put on the chopping block, no such thing occurred at the Umno supreme council meeting last night.
Asked at a post-meeting press conference whether the supreme council discussed sacking Isham (above) or his calls for Umno to go solo in elections, party secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki replied in the negative.
"We haven't discussed it so far. We only discussed what was in this statement," he said referring to the statement he read at the start of the press conference.
The statement had six items on it, which included thanking the party machinery who were involved in the Johor twin by-elections; taking steps to strengthen the party based on a post-mortem of the six state elections; and holding an Umno divisions convention to strengthen understanding of the party policies.
The statement also called for strengthening Umno's ties with Pakatan Harapan at all levels; and supporting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's plans for a bumiputera economic convention; as well as urging Umno leaders in government and GLCs to focus on helping alleviate the cost of living struggles.
Dissenting voices
Meanwhile, Asyraf said Isham did not even attend last night's meeting.
He also said that on the night the Umno supreme council agreed to cooperate with Harapan, there were only two dissenting voices, who eventually came around and agreed with the rest of the supreme council's plans.
Isham had advocated for Umno to revise its relationship with DAP following the six-state elections - in which the party performed poorly in five out of six states.
He said cooperation should not involve elections and recently called for the party to hold a referendum among the party's grassroots to decide on the party's future with DAP.
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - with whom Isham was previously closely aligned - dismissed the referendum call.
Meanwhile, expectations that the party would sack Rembia assemblyperson Muhammad Jailani Khamis - who has been associating with Perikatan Nasional - also did not materialise last night.
Asyraf said the matter would be left to Umno's disciplinary council.
Jailani had asked to be sacked after the party moved to discipline him for attending a PN event last month.
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