Bersatu yet to decide on Umno defectors, says Muhyiddin

Noel Achariam Noel Achariam Updated 7 years ago · Published on 28 Dec 2018 5:49PM · 3 Comments

Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin says the party has yet to decide if Umno defectors will be allowed to join the party. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, December 28, 2018.

BERSATU has yet to decide if they will accept any Umno leaders who have left the party, said Muhyiddin Yassin.

The Bersatu president said that none of the applications have been approved as it will have to go through a “cooling off period”.

“Even if they (Umno leaders) hold any positions they will still have to go through the vetting process.

“We must ensure that they are not corrupt and politically if they are good enough to join the party,” he said on the sidelines of the Bersatu annual general assembly in Putrajaya today.

Umno to date has lost 17 parliamentarians, leaving the former Barisan Nasional lynchpin party with 37 out of the 54 federal seats it had won in GE14.

The parliamentarians who have declared themselves as independents are expected to join Bersatu eventually.

Muhyiddin also said those who are planning to join must be in line with the party’s struggle.

“We have to see if they are able to contribute to what we stand for as a political party.”

Former Umno leader Rahim Thamby Chik has also submitted his application to join Bersatu.

Last week, Umno acting president Mohamad Hasan said their elected representatives are comfortable with the current leadership and there will be no more defections.

He said that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi taking leave from his duties will stop the departures of members of Parliament and state assemblymen.

Mohamad said their main focus now is to strengthen the party and come up with strategies for the 15th general election.

He said they will have to rearrange and restructure Umno in order to strengthen the party. – December 28, 2018.

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  • That does not sound encouraging.

    Posted 7 years ago by Mr Anderson · Reply

  • Anyway, i recall reading a post somewhere once ... "Nobody is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example."

    Posted 7 years ago by Mr Anderson · Reply

  • All the hype from media regarding which BN MP jumping ship lah, submitted application to join Bersatu lah, and causing netizens to blast their dissatisfaction to them frogs lah, I've commented that until approval is done, all of them are just independents only. Hold ur horses wei! Approved or not is another story.

    Posted 7 years ago by Ryan Li · Reply