Sacking of Umno members did not arise, sec-gen says after Supreme Council meeting

The dismissal of some Umno members was not raised at the Umno Supreme Council meeting last night, the focus being on efforts to empower the party, says Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

He said the issue of Umno Supreme Council member Isham Jalil's statement about Umno needing to go solo in the previous election was not raised in the meeting either, following the latter’s absence.

"This issue did not arise because the decision of the unity government was already made on Nov 23, 2022. It was a party decision by the Supreme Council... the decision was based on consensus.

"I would like to share that on the night (of the decision), 56 Supreme Council members all agreed and only two people had differing views. However, a joint decision was made and after that, no issue was raised outside by any Supreme Council member. Only recently (it was brought up again)," he said in a press conference at Menara Dato Onn.

On Rembia state assemblyman Muhammad Jailani Khamis attending a ceremony to announce a Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate, Asyraf said it was up to the disciplinary board to decide on the matter.
 
Isham previously claimed that he and several other Umno members might be sacked from the party this week, following their criticism of the party leadership's decision to participate in the election with Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Asyraf said Umno also welcomed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's proposal to re-establish the Bumiputera Economic Convention, and that the party would offer itself to manage the event.

He said Umno would also implement measures to improve and empower the party based on the post-mortem of the recent six state elections.

"The Umno divisional convention will also be held, focusing on strengthening the party's organisation and instilling a better understanding of the party's policies involving the principles and direction of the party's struggle in the unity government at the grassroots level.

"The strengthening of Umno's cooperation with its allies in PH will also be intensified to ensure the political stability of the country and the well-being of the people," he said.