I don't want to contest after GE14, says Zahid

Asila Jalil Asila Jalil Updated 8 years ago · Published on 18 Mar 2018 1:54PM · 17 Comments

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says his friends are urging him to keep contesting in elections for the next 20 years. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 18, 2018.

IF it was up to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the 14th general election will be his last.

But while he would like to make way for younger leaders at the reins, the Bagan Datuk MP said his Barisan Nasional colleagues want him to stay – and for 20 years more, too.

“I have told my friends in Barisan Nasional that I do not want to contest anymore after this. I will quit before I turn 93,” he said, in a not-so-subtle dig at the Pakatan Harapan prime minister designate Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who turns 93 this year.

“It is enough. Let others from Bagan Datuk contest.

“I want my friends in the media to understand that I really don’t intend to contest anymore, but my friends have asked me to stay on for another 20 years.”

Zahid said proposed projects in Bagan Datuk were not for him but for the generations to come.

“(These projects) will be a legacy, not mine personally, but anyone who represents Barisan Nasional,” Zahid said at an event in his constituency, today.

Among the initiatives highlighted by Zahid for Bagan Datuk today was a proposed undersea tunnel connecting Bagan Datuk to Sumatra.

“We want to attract tourists from Indonesia and also make Bagan Datuk a logistics hub.” – March 18, 2018.

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  • Very 'smart' move/strategy to fish votes. Never believe what politicians say. They can promise everything just for their agenda sake. Open your eyes clearly to make good judgement in the coming GE.

    Posted 8 years ago by Shiaw Loh · Reply

  • Why would he given that if Najib loses more seats, he knows UMNO Supreme Council will ask Najib to resign??? Goes to show, UMNO leaders think their voters ARE FOOLS AND IDIOTS THAT CAN BE TURNED LIKE CATTLE.

    Posted 8 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Holding a candle to Tun takes guts if not intelligence.

    Posted 8 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • good. retire so we don't have to deal with your idiotic comments.

    Posted 8 years ago by Tommy richard · Reply

  • What a lie! After being intoxicated with power do you think will he ever step down n don't want to stand for GE15? Let's say he is designated to be the next PM after GE15, do you think he will not stand? The quest for self interest n power is in his blood. The rakyat are witnesses. Politicians will never keep their word

    Posted 8 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • Because he knows that after GE14 he has got no hope anymore... it's going to be doomed!
    So better tell the world that this is the last one...it won't be so embarrassing when the end comes.

    Posted 8 years ago by Baba Melaka · Reply

  • It is not even April 1 and we are hearing this lies from Zahid???

    Posted 8 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply

  • THIS is the man ....who SUMPAH SETIA ... dgn Anwar ibrahim... then Mahathir...then NOW Najib ...
    Ok mau percaya ...trserah pada diri sndiri ...

    Posted 8 years ago by Ramamurthi ram · Reply

    • Exactly!

      Posted 8 years ago by M J · Reply

  • Talk shits!!!!!!!!!! he has only 230mil as what Madhatir said. His boss is at 2.6bil , think about it ,do you think he think that he should deserve less. He wants his at 2.3bil not mil

    Posted 8 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • the last hurrah

    Posted 8 years ago by Leslie Chan · Reply

  • If win GE14, this dog will say “I got to continue to serve the party UMNO and to my beloved PM Jib. I will be there for him as long as he wants me, even until 99 years old”
    If lost GE14, this dog will say “I want to give the young generation to fight back into Government, farewell folks” . Better check his bank account , Tun M said found him possess 20 million ringgit in his account unexplainable during his PM time.

    Posted 8 years ago by Francis Wong · Reply

  • WHY wait NOW IS THE BEST TIME .....GO WITH HONOUR.....

    Posted 8 years ago by Mohanarajan murugeson · Reply

  • After GE14, you may need to dig a tunnel to Sumatra...

    Posted 8 years ago by Zonefinder virgo · Reply

  • He thinks his so-called "perli" to Tun M is going to work??? Rakyat knows your bullst lah.

    Posted 8 years ago by Siti Fatimah · Reply

  • The correct word to describe such insincere words is "scammer". Scammers tells you what you want to hear so as to take advantage of your lowering of your defenses, guardedness, gullibility and naivete so as to cheat you or take your money. Decide which politicians are low life scammers and then never believe a single word they say thereafter. Avoid them like a plague.

    Posted 7 years ago by Ari . · Reply

  • Equanimity is a boat owned by a chinaman and UMNO's biggest legacy post GE14

    Posted 7 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply