There are still brave people in Umno - Khairy

SHAH ALAM - Former Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin has praised the action of a few party members for being brave in opposing the decision by the party to not hold a contest for its top two posts.

"Well done guys. There are some brave and sane people in Umno.

"I am confident in the credibility of the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to review Rembau's proposal at the Umno general assembly ," he shared in his Instagram story today.

Khairy was praising the move by Muhammad Aizat Fikri Mohd Nasir and Muhammad Fiqri Firdaus Muhammad Rom, who are the Kuala Nerus and Seremban division members.

The two had filed a complaint with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) over the additional motion passed at the party’s general assembly last weekend for the top two posts not to be contested in the upcoming party elections.

Muhammad Aizat Fikri had claimed that the additional motion moved was invalid and in violation of the party constitution as well as the regulations of the party’s divisional and branch annual general meetings.

Meanwhile Muhammad Fiqri Firdaus was of the view that any additional motion should first be brought up at the divisional and branch levels, and this not being done has caused the dispute. “One reason why we have brought this matter to the regulatory body is for it to scrutinise if there are any irregularities in the motion moved at the recent party assembly,” he said.

Previously, Sinar had reported that Umno was accused of violating the party's constitution at the last Umno general assembly.

On Jan 14, a majority of delegates present at the 2022 Umno general assembly expressed support for the additional motion of no contest for the president and deputy president posts at the party polls this year.

However, Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, at the end of the assembly, told the media that any party member could refer to the RoS to verify whether or not the decision was valid.