PUTRAJAYA – Putrajaya Umno yesterday took the stance to support Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister, despite calls by the party not to cooperate with Bersatu.
Division chief Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said his division had urged all Umno MPs to continue working with Perikatan Nasional.
“Nothing has been said about not backing Muhyiddin’s leadership because I, for one, know that it was us who wanted Muhyiddin to be the prime minister. Umno should support him because it has formed the government with Muhyiddin.
“I am surprised that those who have raised their dissatisfaction are those who were defeated (in the general election), so I hope they will not aggravate the situation,” he said after a Putrajaya Umno meeting here yesterday.
He said the division’s decision not to cooperate with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad still remains, as had been previously decided by the Umno Supreme Council.
On party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s statement yesterday that 143 of the 191 Umno division heads have refused to cooperate with Bersatu, Tengku Adnan said there might have been some misunderstandings, which could be resolved.
“The president said this was from the grassroots, but I am confident that if the president and the supreme council sit together with the political bureau, we can improve the situation as I hope for Bersatu and Umno to reunite one day.”
The Putrajaya MP said he was one of the individuals who was involved in the ousting of the Pakatan Harapan government, and had urged Muhyiddin to lead instead.
On rumours that Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein will leave Umno, Tengku Adnan said he is confident that the Barisan Nasional treasurer-general is a rational person and will continue to remain in Umno. – Bernama, January 4, 2021
