Zahid is new Umno president

Chan Kok Leong Kamles Kumar Chan Kok Leong, Kamles Kumar Updated 5 years ago · Published on 30 Jun 2018 10:50PM · 9 Comments

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is now the new Umno president, winning 95 divisional votes against Khairy Jamaluddin's 51 and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's 25. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, June 30, 2018.

FORMER deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is now the new Umno president, winning divisional 95 divisional votes against Khairy Jamaluddin’s 51 and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s 25.

The results were announced by the unofficial Twitter account @PemilihanUMNO2018 at 9:50pm.

Zahid, who was vice-president taking on the duties of the president, is now expected to chart a course for the party’s future after a devastating loss at the 14th general election.

Meanwhile, former Negri Sembilan chief minister Mohammad Hassan was named deputy president after defeating Ketereh Umno chief Annuar Musa, who was also former information chief.

Familiar faces like former international trade and industry minister Mustapha Mohamad, former minister in Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said, Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Noh Omar and even Ahmad Maslan were also elected to the Supreme Council.

The new faces in the Supreme Council are former Perak menteri besar Zambry Kadir, Pahang Umno Youth chief Mohd Sharkar, who defeated prime minister Najib Razak’s former aide Lokman Noor Adam, and Umno blogger Tun Faisal. – June 30, 2018.

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  • They should hire the ex EC chief to be handle the poll. He is jobless now. Tolong la la dia sbb dia kan dah tlg u org menang 54 kerusi. LOL

    Posted 5 years ago by Wire bug · Reply

  • Looks like the hawks won. UMNO reform is postphoned. They will do what they know and then we will see. Can the descendents of "pencuri lampu ajaib" once fallen, rise again, steal it again? They cannot convince the Malays they will not steal, all they can convince them is they will steal less. Will it work?

    Posted 5 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Habis-lah Umno! This is the guy who saw the Arab donor. He lied through his teeth n has been a proven liar. Umno party got no more moral principle. A liar can be voted to be a president. This shows how far they have stray from the original Umno during Tunku's days

    Posted 5 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • That's it for the Party. The final nail.

    Posted 5 years ago by Henry Mancini Jr · Reply

    • Khairy should have setup a new party

      Posted 5 years ago by Kevin Teh · Reply

  • Are Javanese pirates any better than Bugis pirates? That's left to be seen.

    Posted 5 years ago by Xuz ZG · Reply

  • OMG, other than Tok Pah just look at those who got elected to the Supreme Council. Habis lah. On the other hand this is good news for Pakatan.

    Posted 5 years ago by Henry Mancini Jr · Reply

  • Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Umno is doom to perish!!!! A breathing space for PH to outgrown their infant stage in governing the nation. Good that Umno ignorant fools are still in their old ways of thoughts and Khairy did not make any headway. If Khairy has won the Presidential election he will be an annoyance in the Parliament . An unpredictable character.He is a replica of a younger Mahatir as dictator in the Machiavellian approach but much more worse when power are place absolutely in his hand. High time that Malaysia politic has to mature . Some of the high profile personality in the NGOs and institution should morphed and gel into another coalition front of effective opposition to keep PH on the toes. Umno is no more dependable to be a force to reckon with as they are ruling themselves out of the equation in a two party system. They are marching into oblivion.

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • After May 9 we have new government, after 30 June Umno still an Umno...

    Posted 5 years ago by Kevin Teh · Reply