Dr Mahathir turned down 12 Umno MPs, says Zahid

SM Amin SM Amin Updated 7 years ago · Published on 17 Nov 2018 3:18PM · 8 Comments

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that Dr Mahathir Mohamad had invited him to defect to Bersatu and disband Umno, but had added that not all lawmakers from the former ruling party would be accepted. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, November 17, 2018.

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that 12 Umno lawmakers were barred by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad from joining Bersatu.

Zahid said that Dr Mahathir had invited him to defect to Bersatu and disband Umno, but had added that not all lawmakers from the former ruling party would be accepted.

“He said members of parliament could jump parties, but they would not accept all,” he said at a meeting with Umno Supreme Council members and committee members in the Pahang division.

Bersatu deputy president Mukhriz Mahathir was reported to have earlier said that Umno MPs from Pekan (Najib Razak), Bagan Datuk (Zahid), Baling (Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim), and Padang Rengas (Nazri Abdul Aziz) would not be considered for membership in Bersatu.

Zahid said Mukhriz had “left out” eight others, but declined to name them.

He said that in a meeting with Dr Mahathir, the 93-year-old leader said Umno was no longer accepted by the people.

“(Grandfather) asked me to jump, disband Umno, but I don’t want to,” said Zahid in reference to Dr Mahathir.

Mukhriz had earlier denied any agenda in his party accepting Umno lawmakers, and stressed that it was not against democratic practice.

He said that any Umno members wanting to join Bersatu would first need to be screened. – November 17, 2018.

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  • Jangan tipu lagi lah. Zahid. Mahathir tak mau kamu lah

    Posted 7 years ago by SSY L · Reply

  • wow..this ''one donor, many donors'' fellow still arrogant..shameless even with 45 charges.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • Go jump iff a ckuff

    Posted 7 years ago by Watchdog Watchdog · Reply

  • To HELL with UMNO GO N BURY URSELF BLEDI CORRUPTED DOGS

    Posted 7 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply

  • Hahahaha....masih harap orang nak percaya kamu? Nak tipu pun tipu la logik sikit. Kamu mengata Tun sampai tunjuk IC palsu, panggil ayah Tun Kutty, sekarang kamu kata Tun nakkan kamu. PODAH

    Posted 7 years ago by Ebrahim Mohideen · Reply

  • Kepala hotak kau Komidi. PH will never take you in, only hell will.

    Posted 7 years ago by Arshad Lazim · Reply

  • Grandfather ask you to jump from the top of building.

    Posted 7 years ago by Barry ooi · Reply