Umno confident in retaining Negeri seat
Published: Sep 5, 2009 12:58 PM | Updated: Sep 5, 2009 12:59 PM
Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said he was confident that BN would be able to retain the Bagan Pinang seat that fell vacant due to the death of incumbent Azman Mohammad Noor yesterday.
Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said he was confident that BN would be able to retain the Bagan Pinang seat that fell vacant due to the death of incumbent Azman Mohammad Noor yesterday.
"The candidate has yet to be identified and we will leave it to the Prime Minister Najib Razak to decide. Since we won the seat by a 2,333-vote majority, we are confident of retaining it," he told reporters after a Salam Ramadan programme in Putrajaya today.
He said the Umno supreme council meeting on Sept 11 is expected to discuss preparations for the by-election.
In Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Umno chief Mohamad Hasan, who is also menteri besar, said he would leave it to the Telok Kemang Umno division to list down the prospective candidates.
"I had discussed the matter with Telok Kemang Umno division chief Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and urged him to discuss the matter within the division before submitting the list of candidates to the party leadership.
"It is important for the candidate to be endorsed by the division so as to avoid any misunderstanding among members in the division that can disrupt the harmony when preparing for the by-election," said Mohamad Hasan after handing out yearly contributions for the poor to 22 mosques in Port Dickson.
In Kota Bahru, Kelantan Umno chief Mustapa Mohamed said BN should work towards winning by a bigger majority in the Bagan Pinang by-election to strengthen the party's standing.
During the March 2008 general election, Azman polled 6,430 votes to beat Ramli Ismail of PAS who garnered 4,097 votes.
MCA told to resolve factional feud quickly
Meanwhile, speaking of the MCA saga, Tengku Adnan said the Chinese-based party, being a BN component party, should try and solve their internal problems quickly.
"We are not going to involve in MCA's EGM, however I do hope that the issue, (internal problems) will be resolved as soon as possible. We would like BN component parties to have no problems and less politicking.
"As for the EGM being the best way to resolve this dispute, maybe it is one of the best way, I leave it to MCA to handle their internal issues just like they've allowed us to settle our own internal problems.
“However, again I hope they would resolve the issue quickly as anything which happens to our component parties will affect BN as a whole under any situation," he added.
- Bernama
"The candidate has yet to be identified and we will leave it to the Prime Minister Najib Razak to decide. Since we won the seat by a 2,333-vote majority, we are confident of retaining it," he told reporters after a Salam Ramadan programme in Putrajaya today.
He said the Umno supreme council meeting on Sept 11 is expected to discuss preparations for the by-election.
In Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Umno chief Mohamad Hasan, who is also menteri besar, said he would leave it to the Telok Kemang Umno division to list down the prospective candidates."I had discussed the matter with Telok Kemang Umno division chief Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and urged him to discuss the matter within the division before submitting the list of candidates to the party leadership.
"It is important for the candidate to be endorsed by the division so as to avoid any misunderstanding among members in the division that can disrupt the harmony when preparing for the by-election," said Mohamad Hasan after handing out yearly contributions for the poor to 22 mosques in Port Dickson.
In Kota Bahru, Kelantan Umno chief Mustapa Mohamed said BN should work towards winning by a bigger majority in the Bagan Pinang by-election to strengthen the party's standing.
During the March 2008 general election, Azman polled 6,430 votes to beat Ramli Ismail of PAS who garnered 4,097 votes.
MCA told to resolve factional feud quickly
Meanwhile, speaking of the MCA saga, Tengku Adnan said the Chinese-based party, being a BN component party, should try and solve their internal problems quickly.
"We are not going to involve in MCA's EGM, however I do hope that the issue, (internal problems) will be resolved as soon as possible. We would like BN component parties to have no problems and less politicking.
"As for the EGM being the best way to resolve this dispute, maybe it is one of the best way, I leave it to MCA to handle their internal issues just like they've allowed us to settle our own internal problems.
“However, again I hope they would resolve the issue quickly as anything which happens to our component parties will affect BN as a whole under any situation," he added.
- Bernama
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