According to Ahmad Zahid, the decision on whether UMNO’s top two positions will be contested lies on its delegates who will be attending the party’s 2022 general assembly next week.
The gathering, postponed from last year, is expected to be attended by more than 5,000 delegates from Jan 11 to 14, amid calls from within UMNO for the posts of president and deputy president to be contested in the upcoming party election.
Ahmad Zahid said that UMNO delegates attending the general assembly have “absolute power” to decide whether to remove the top two posts in the party election.
“I believe that the power to determine the leadership rests with the power and voice of the (UMNO) delegates across the country,” said Ahmad Zahid.
He added that nearly 160,000 delegates representing the party branches nationwide can decide to choose whether to retain the existing leadership or bring about change.
“This, for us, is to ensure that UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN) remain relevant in our political arena. Therefore, the delegates have the ‘absolute power’,” said Ahmad Zahid who is also BN chairman.
Last week, Ahmad Zahid said that the UMNO general assembly next week will hear his policy speech on the new political landscape facing the party.
Source: CNA
