UMNO, Barisan Nasional to contest all parliamentary and condition seats won found in GE14: Ahmad Zahid
04 January, 2021
The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and Barisan Nasional (BN) have decided to contest all parliamentary and state seats that they won in the 14th general election (GE14).
UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who's also BN chairman, said the UMNO Supreme Council in addition has decided that UMNO and BN prospects contesting in the 15th general election will be working with the BN symbol.
"UMNO Supreme Council offers decided that parliamentary and status UMNO and BN seats won in GE14 should be taken again by us to contest. They are UMNO seats, UMNO is normally claiming them again,” he said on Sunday (Jan 3).
"We will not be applying the symbol of various other party. It really is up to the various other parties to use their personal symbols or the symbol of their innovative friends but UMNO and BN will remain as the opponent.”
Ahmad Zahid said that following the 14th basic election, 16 UMNO customers of parliament had kept the party. This led to the party having just 38 seats in Dewan Rakyat, without considering the vacant seat for Gerik in Perak, following death of its incumbent Hasbullah Osman in November last year.
He as well said that UMNO and BN hasn't joined Perikatan Nasional (PN), and the support rendered to the present government first only supported for customers of parliament.
"The move to sign a PN federal government charter in May was only as a sign of support for the PN government, not support for the registration of PN, actually there was no latest charter signed, in fact it is much less viralled that I as UMNO president and BN chairman had signed the brand new charter,” he said.
While stressing that the PN Presidential Council was made to ensure check and balance on PN government policies, Ahmad Zahid as well reminded UMNO customers at all amounts to issued statements based on the party leadership.
“Echo the tone of voice of the head who's steadfast in caring for UMNO. Whether or not we are with the other person at the grassroots, or possessing post at branch, division, talk about as well as at national amounts, we must put our place in UMNO certainly not with others ... the tone of voice of UMNO is normally our voice, not for others,” he said.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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