KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has made his intentions clear in pressuring Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to call for an early 15th general...
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“They’re using this powerful narrative that Najib was not afforded a fair trial and it looks like a good tool to be used to garner sympathy for Umno. That’s the reason during the meeting they did not disconnect themselves from Najib, rather using him as an icon even though he has been incarcerated.”by thousands of Umno members during party president Ahmad Zahid’s special address yesterday at Merdeka Hall at World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.
National Professors Council senior fellow Jeniri Amir said Ismail Sabri has no choice now but to cede to Zahid and the party’s wishes.“After all, he is there because of Umno. I think that the Umno supreme council genuinely feels that this is the best time for them to win big, nothing more than that, despite the accusations that Ahmad Zahid may be trying to escape from being in prison. But I don’t think that is the main cause.
Universiti Sains Malaysia’s political scientist Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid said that dropping Ismail Sabri would be to Umno’s loss because Zahid and Umno are getting unpopular by continuing to give the impression they do not accept the court’s verdict. “The Umno old guard is still living under the delusions that they are free to manipulate state organs at their whim by virtue of an Umno man heading the federal government — a hangover from 61 years of the blurring of lines separating the party and state,” he said when contacted.
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