KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan will no longer depend on its division chiefs when it comes to picking the right candidates for elections. Its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said a change in strategy was necessary in view of the recent election outcome and the 'political frog' issue in Sabah. "Our usual practice of following the division chiefs' recommendation for election candidates (might not be the best for the party). "(During election), each division chief will propose three candidates… some of them are suitable, some are not.

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan will no longer depend on its division chiefs when it comes to picking the right candidates for elections.

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KUALA LUMPUR - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi assured that the new UMNO leadership together with Barisan Nasional (BN) will continue to support and strengthen the Unity Government.
Ahmad Zahid who is also the UMNO President said based on the results of the 2023 UMNO Election which ended yesterday, it was evident that every level of the National leadership and the grassroots, were clearly in support of Unity Government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
"This Manifestation is very clear because even though we know that there are efforts to disrupt the current government, it was rejected by the UMNO delegates,” he said after attending the Unity Government secretariat meeting, here tonight. The meeting today, which lasted for about two hours, was chaired by Anwar who is also the Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman and attended by party leaders of the Unity Government. Apart from support from UMNO and other BN component parties, Ahmad Zahid expressed confidence that every party, including from Sabah and Sarawak under the Unity Government will continue to support the government."Therefore, the combination of 20 parties in the Unity Government will be strengthened by the new leadership of UMNO and Insya-Allah (God Willing) the Unity Government will become stronger,” he said.

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Unity government can be fully assured of Umno, BN support - Zahid

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said attempts by certain quarters to bring down the unity government have been averted following the outcome of the Umno election.

Zahid: Plots to destabilise unity govt averted

KUALA LUMPUR - Umno has announced 25 new members for the Umno Supreme Council position for the 2023 - 2026 session on Sunday.
According to the official results of the party, these individuals are Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Annuar Nasarah (178 votes), Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir (175), and Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (167 votes).
"He was followed by Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan who received 167 votes, Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin (160), Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (152) and Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (151).

Shafie: Not good to solely depend on division chiefs for candidates