Melaka Bersatu head under pressure to make way for Mas Ermieyati

 

A grassroots leader said Masjid Tanah MP Mas Ermieyati Samsudin needs to take over as Melaka Bersatu chief if the party wants to wrest Melaka in the next state polls.

PETALING JAYA: 

Melaka Bersatu chief Dr Yadzil Yaakub is facing calls to relinquish his post and allow Masjid Tanah MP Mas Ermieyati Samsudin to replace him, after the Jasin division he leads was suspended last week.

A Melaka Bersatu grassroots leader said the suspension exemplified Yadzil’s weakness as a leader and failure to manage his own division.

Yadzil, the Bemban assemblyman, is also the state opposition leader and Melaka Perikatan Nasional chief.

“We need a new, stronger and more capable leader to head the state chapter. 

Mas Ermieyati is a seasoned politician, and she needs to take over the state leadership if Bersatu wants to take Melaka in the next state elections,

 said the insider.

Mas Ermieyati, who is also the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, is set to be the new Wanita Bersatu chief after its incumbent, Rina Harun, decided not to defend the post.

Earlier today, Yadzil claimed there were attempts to sabotage his political career, resulting in the suspension of his Jasin Bersatu division.

Nonetheless, Yadzil, who is vying for a spot on the Bersatu Supreme Council in next month’s party polls, said he was unfazed.

Yesterday, FMT reported that Bersatu’s Jasin division was suspended after it allegedly failed to hold meetings. Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin confirmed the matter and said the division would now be managed and administered by the Supreme Council.

Sources told FMT that the suspension came after it was discovered that there were branches under the division that had failed to hold meetings despite claiming otherwise. - FMT