For former ministers including Khairy Jamaluddin and Hishammuddin Hussein, the political path ahead might be rocky, say analysts.
KUALA LUMPUR: The writing was on the wall. Last Thursday , United Malays National Organisation president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the party will undergo “mass cleansing” to get rid of “saboteurs”.
While it is an important component of the unity government led by Mr Anwar Ibrahim - with Ahmad Zahid appointed as deputy prime minister - UMNO has faced challenges in regrouping as its different factions articulated their own visions for the way forward. UMNO supreme council member Puad Zarkashi claimed in a Facebook post on Jan 28 that Mr Khairy had been sacked for criticising the party and its president during GE15 campaigning.Mr Khairy had been a vocal opponent of a motion tabled during the recent party general assembly. The motion was to block UMNO’s top two posts - party president and deputy president - from being challenged at the party’s internal elections, which must be held by May.
As for Mr Hishammuddin, Mr Puad claimed that he was suspended because he was the main mover in getting several BN lawmakers to sign statutory declarations to back Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin to become prime minister. In his Facebook post, Mr Puad said that the sackings hurt but were necessary. “If you love the party, make an appeal. If you don’t want to appeal, then wait for six years. Except those who have other options. Choose your option,” he said.
“It is the correct decision to cleanse the party if they want to move forward,” he said, adding that it is still a big challenge for the party to heal itself. “I doubt they will accept him because there will be implications for the unity government,” he said. On Monday, Mr Khairy told CNA that he will not appeal against his dismissal from UMNO and was contemplating a political comeback in Selangor during the upcoming state election.
“So setting up a new party is an option. Joining an existing party is obviously an option. So I think I would like to take my time and see what makes more sense,” he said, adding that he would not rule out returning to UMNO one day. For Mr Hishammuddin, who was once vice president of UMNO, his circumstances are more complicated as he has been suspended for six years, Prof Azizuddin noted.
“In the past, many of those who have been suspended have made appeals to the party and had their suspensions reduced,” he noted.
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