KUALA LUMPUR: The Umno General Assembly has accepted a movement to postpone the get together election to six months after the fifteenth General Election (GE15) is held, says Umno Deputy President Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
Mohamad, who can also be the chairman of the get together’s Management Committee, mentioned with this, the difficulty which had been hotly debated throughout the get together these days had been resolved, and urged Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan to instantly inform the Registrar of Societies (RoS) on the matter.
“The movement has been accepted, the secretary has made a memo. According to the movement, the get together election will likely be held inside six months after the GE, we don’t need a break up within the get together, (so) don’t take it evenly, and defend the dignity of Umno.
“I additionally ask the Prime Minister to please listen to this matter. If we write (about this movement) to the RoS, nobody ought to hinder our get together’s choice,” he mentioned in his closing speech on the meeting right here on Saturday (March 19).
Umno elections are scheduled to be held no later than this December after being postponed final yr due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mohamad mentioned if the get together’s election was held earlier than the nationwide polls, there was concern it could create a break up throughout the get together.
“History has clearly proven that each time there’s a get together election, there will likely be a break up. We can’t deny this. We don’t need our get together, which is at present in a superb scenario, to begin having frictions and break up up,” he mentioned.
Mohamad mentioned get together unity was essential for Umno and Barisan Nasional to win the final election.
In this regard, he mentioned everybody within the get together ought to stay alert to the bulletins made by the opposition events who all the time give you a technique to face the final election.
“On Friday (March 18), Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad talked about that they are going to attempt to be part of forces with different opposition events, we must always not wait lengthy till they accomplish that.
“Even although BN gained in type within the Melaka and Johor state election, if we take a look at it, it’s (primarily) as a result of they (the opposition) are divided,” he mentioned, including it was not unimaginable for all opposition events to reunite as one huge crew in GE15. – Bernama
