Commotion at Wanita Umno Delegates’ Conference

KULIM: A commotion erupted at the start of the Kulim-Bandar Baharu Division Wanita Umno Delegates’ Conference yesterday over dispute that the Banggol Rashid branch of the division was barred from voting at the conference.

The dispute began when a delegate stood up and questioned the reasons behind the hindrance, but the situation calmed down 10 minutes later after the division’s Wanita Umno vicechief Mariyaton Ibrahim gave her explanation.

“It is confirmed that the branch has not held (its) meeting within the stipulated time frame and as such, it cannot vote despite various reasons had been given,” she said when explaining on the matter before the 277 delegates at the conference here.

The conference saw a contest between Bandar Baharu state assemblyman Datuk Norsabrina Mohd Noor and incumbent Nazira Abd Rahim to vie for the post of Kulim-Bandar Baharu Division Wanita Umno chief.

Meanwhile, in Hulu Terengganu, there was an uproar at the party’s youth wing delegates’ conference here yesterday after a handful of the delegates could not vote for failing to submit their official delegate letters to the Umno division within the time frame.

The situation returned to normal after the affected delegates realised that it was their mistake for having overlooked the matter.

One of the delegates, former Hulu Terengganu Umno Youth chief Mohd Johari Abu Bakar said they had no choice but to abide by the party’s regulations and could only be observers at the conference.