Zahid wanted advice on running Umno, says Dr Mahathir 

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 8 Jun 2018 11:20AM · 3 Comments

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi uploaded a photo of him with Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Facebook, saying the meeting was in conjunction with Ramadan. – June 8, 2018.

IT was not merely a courtesy call. It was to seek advice from a former Umno leader on how to run the party.

This was what Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s visit to Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday was all about.

“He wanted my advice on how to administer Umno following the party’s major defeat in the 14th general election,” Dr Mahathir was quoted as saying in Sinar Harian.

The former Umno president was explaining a photograph showing him and acting Umno president Zahid, which had gone viral. Zahid, who uploaded a photo of the two on Facebook, said the meeting was in conjunction with Ramadan. 

“He wanted to know how to administer Umno. So, I told him directly that Umno had betrayed the Malays. I reminded him that we formed Umno to help the Malays but Umno had changed and prioritised wealth of individuals instead. 

“That is why Umno is hated now. It is hard for Umno to recover. It used to be glorious, but now it is disgusting,” Dr Mahathir told the Malay daily.

The 92-year-old prime minister, however, did not respond when asked if Zahid had met him for the purpose of joining Pakatan Harapan.

The prime minister simply said: “We do not look for anyone who wants to join Pakatan Harapan, especially Bersatu. If the individual is a politician, he or she has to leave the party, be independent and pledge to support the government,” he said. – June 8, 2018.

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  • Tun - did you advice him to turn on Najib or turn in his ill-gotten wealth to MoF??? If he can do both - maybe Tun can offer him a DPM II position representing Bugis ancestry

    Posted 5 years ago by Chris Ng · Reply

  • UMNO Baru is what his creator made it. Its just that its creator then found it disgusting even for him. So how is something that became inevitably disgusting become something it never was? Its not Mahathir, Zahid Hamidi need advise because if Mahathir knew how to make what UMNO Baru something else, he would have done it before it became what it is. UMNO Baru need to be what it has never been. It may be its something what original UMNO was but its always too difficult to go back.. So UMNO Baru will only break into pieces - a bit part of that piece will join with Hadi's PAS because its lost and when they are lost they turn to blind-faith.

    Posted 5 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Oh My God! Getting advice from an ultra racist!!

    Posted 5 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply