FORMER foreign affairs minister Anifah Aman has quit Umno, a day after party Supreme Council member Mustapa Mohamed made his exit.
Anifah, confirmed his departure with The Malaysian Insight.
He did not comment further as he was boarding a flight.
Other sources close to the Kimanis MP confirmed he has submitted his resignation letter to party secretary-general Annuar Musa.
Anifah had twice threatened to leave Umno before and his decision to do so now comes after Barisan Nasional lost federal power in the May 9 polls.
He is expected to issue a statement later today to explain his decision to quit Umno.
Mustapa’s and Anifah’s departure now leaves Umno with 49 lawmakers and BN as a whole, just 52 seats in the Dewan Rakyat.
Mustapa yesterday said he had lost faith in Umno’s direction, which is seen as leaning even more to the right in its attempts to cooperate with rival PAS.
Anifah’s first threat to leave Umno was after the 2008 general election, when Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was prime minister. Anifah had questioned Abdullah as to why Sabah lawmakers were not given minister posts in the cabinet even though the state had contributed significantly to BN’s electoral victory that year.
He then threatened to leave again in March this year to pressure former prime minister Najib Razak over the return of Sabah’s special rights.
With Anifah gone, Umno’s MPs in Sabah are reduced to just six, in Kinabatangan, Labuan, Kudat, Sipitang, Beaufort, Beluran and Libaran. – September 19, 2018.
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