‘We’re waiting for Supreme Council’s decision on EGM’
SUNGAI PETANI: Pendang Umno chief Datuk Suraya Yaacob said it’s up to the Umno Supreme Council whether an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) should be convened.
She said an EGM could not be called by individuals but must be decided by the Supreme Council.
“Right now, the party’s Supreme Council has not even held a meeting to discuss the matter.
“Everyone (in Umno) is waiting for the Supreme Council’s direction...we will follow whatever is decided,” she said.
Suraya, who is Sungai Tiang assemblyman, however, declined to comment when asked about the party constitution which required 96 divisions to make written requests for an EGM to be held.
Meanwhile, Arau Umno division head Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim said he, too, would leave it to the party leadership to decide on the matter.
“Just do whatever is necessary. It does not matter to me.
“I just want to take care of my division...my country.”
Shahidan said it was pointless to talk about the issues (surrounding Umno) as he had already given his views prior to this.
“As far as I am concerned, they (Umno leaders) should just do whatever is necessary,” he said.
Suraya and Shahidan were responding to calls by several Umno leaders for the leadership to convene an EGM to decide whether party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should continue heading the party.
This was following an exodus of Umno parliamentarians who had abandoned ship after citing a loss in faith in Zahid’s leadership.