Political crisis is on. This is a serious one as Kijal assemblyperson Ahmad Said this morning was sacked from UMNO for disobeying party leadership.
Datuk Ahmad Said, this morning officially received his appointment letter as the Terengganu menteri besar and supposed to have been sworn in Sunday, has been stripped of his Umno membership for disobeying the party's leadership, a state Umno official confirmed Sunday morning.
The state’s party leadership decided at a meeting last night to strip Ahmad of his membership after he defied the party leadership by agreeing to take up the post.
Umno president and prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had backed former Menteri Besar Idris Jusoh to retain the Menteri Besar post. Idris also had the support of all the 22 BN assemblymen, excluding Ahmad.
However Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, who is the present king, preferred Ahmad to take over as the state’s Menteri Besar. Idris is believed to have had fallout with the sultan over several issues.
Ahmad is believed had the support of seven out of eight Umno divisions in Terengganu.
Datuk Ahmad Said, this morning officially received his appointment letter as the Terengganu menteri besar and supposed to have been sworn in Sunday, has been stripped of his Umno membership for disobeying the party's leadership, a state Umno official confirmed Sunday morning.
The state’s party leadership decided at a meeting last night to strip Ahmad of his membership after he defied the party leadership by agreeing to take up the post.
Umno president and prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had backed former Menteri Besar Idris Jusoh to retain the Menteri Besar post. Idris also had the support of all the 22 BN assemblymen, excluding Ahmad.
However Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, who is the present king, preferred Ahmad to take over as the state’s Menteri Besar. Idris is believed to have had fallout with the sultan over several issues.
Ahmad is believed had the support of seven out of eight Umno divisions in Terengganu.
No comments:
Post a Comment