‘No’ to negotiating former Umno seats with Bersatu, says Tajuddin

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 15 Mar 2021 11:52AM · 2 Comments

Umno Supreme Council leader Tajuddin Abdul Rahman has rejected Azmin Ali’s request to discuss parliamentary seats for the 15th general election, saying the party is resolute on regaining seats lost through defections. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 15, 2021.

UMNO elections director Tajuddin Abdul Rahman has rejected calls by Bersatu’s Azmin Ali to negotiate over the parliamentary seats Umno has lost to the smaller party which leads the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government.

“Umno’s position is to regain all the seats it lost through defections. There’s no need for discussions,” Tajuddin was quoted saying by Sinar Harian.

The party Supreme Council leader also said that the Umno leadership is firm in its decision to take back seats it had lost to Bersatu. Although Umno is part of the PN government now, it has decided not to continue cooperating with Bersatu in the 15th general election.

Azmin, a senior minister in the PN government and a Bersatu supreme council member, said earlier that Bersatu and Umno should negotiate the 13 seats that were won by Umno lawmakers in the 2018 general election but who then quit to join Bersatu.

“If Umno demands those seats, let’s discuss. These 13 parliamentary seats could cause the entire (PN) government to collapse, I don’t think that’s fair,” Azmin had said in an interview with Sinar Harian. – March 15, 2021.

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  • Oh here again the dumno dog was let off from the leach to roam around barking.

    Posted 3 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • UMNO shouldnt give Bersatu the seats. If its a three corner fights so be it.. UMNO can easily win those seats as they are UMNO strongholds.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply