Umno supreme council to deal with a host of issues

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Sources said the council was likely to discuss the following matters:

• The issue of the appointment of the Terengganu Mentri Besar and the membership of Datuk Ahmad Said, who was appointed MB by the Terengganu Regency Council;
• A proposal to postpone the party elections to next year;
• The call for an Extraordinary General Meeting by former party vice-president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to discuss the election results; and
• Discuss the initial post-mortem of the polls outcome.

Meeting the King: Abdullah on his way to have an audience with Tuanku Mizan at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday morning.

Yesterday, the party’s management committee – comprising deputy president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, vice-presidents Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam, Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Wanita chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, Puteri head Datuk Noraini Ahmad, Information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib and secretary-general Datuk Tengku Adnan Mansor – met at the Deputy Prime Minister’s office in Putrajaya.

Sources said the committee discussed a report on the Terengganu MB saga and would submit its recommendations to the council today.

“The Terengganu side wanted Ahmad to be sacked from the party for accepting his appointment as MB, which they said was tantamount to insubordination as the Prime Minister had said only Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh could be the Mentri Besar,” said a senior council member.

It is not known if the committee has endorsed the Terengganu side’s recommendation for disciplinary action to be taken against Ahmad.

What is clear is that the council will endeavour to put an end to the saga when it meets today. Sources said the topic which could prove to be even more contentious was the proposal to postpone the party elections scheduled for this year.

Three senior council members have already made it clear that the “grassroots” were unhappy with any move to put off the party polls. more...