Umno wants village heads to quit

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(...) Sukiman said all Umno division chiefs had also agreed to the move.

"All village heads are Umno members and were appointed by the previous administration under Tajol Rosli.

"Now we have Pas, Keadilan and DAP in the new state government and it is definitely not appropriate for the BN-appointed village heads to remain in their positions or to co-operate with them," he said yesterday.

Sukiman, who was speaking to a gathering of 50 village heads from the Kinta district, called on them to resign to "save the honour of the village heads and Umno".

"It is better for all of us to resign than being instructed to do so by the new state government," he said.

He said the committee would collect the resignation letters by Saturday and hand them over to Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin on Sunday, adding that the resignations would take effect on May 1.

"In the meantime, please do not attend any functions organised by the new state government even if they invite you," Sukiman told the gathering.

He said his committee would meet Rural and Regional Development Minister Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib to discuss the issue of allowances.

Sukiman said the committee would ask the federal government to continue paying RM600 in allowances to all the BN-appointed village heads in the state even after their resignations. More..