KUALA LUMPUR – Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin reiterated his call for Umno elections to be held early, saying party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s position has become “increasingly untenable”.
He said this commenting on a viral audio clip purportedly involving a recent conversation between Zahid and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Khairy urged the Umno Supreme Council to meet immediately and allow for the party elections to take place as soon as possible.
“I think many people in the party are very uncomfortable with the phone conversation purportedly between our party president and Anwar. Zahid’s position, as far as I am concerned, is increasingly untenable and the best way to move on is to have a party election,” he said.
Khairy, who is also science, technology and innovation minister, told reporters this after launching an autism awareness campaign in Subang Jaya today.
The audio recording of a conversation between two individuals with voices resembling Zahid and Anwar, which allegedly took place after the Umno general assembly last month, has been making its rounds on social media. – Bernama, April 9, 2021
