10-29-2020, 11:27 AM
PETALING JAYA: Umno will be subverting its own interest if it accepts a deputy prime minister’s (DPM) position for one of its leaders, according to political analyst Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya.
“It’s short-term gain and long-term pain,” he told FMT in a comment on reports that Umno was considering several names to be proposed as its nominee for the DPM’s post. These includes Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Sembrong MP Hishammuddin Hussein.
Awang Azman said Umno would complicate matters both within itself and in its relations with PPBM if it was given the post.
He said the rejection of Zahid’s nomination would be a major blow to the party because it would be as if the position of PPBM president was superior to that of the Umno president when PPBM was, in fact, depending on Umno’s support for its political survival.
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“It’s short-term gain and long-term pain,” he told FMT in a comment on reports that Umno was considering several names to be proposed as its nominee for the DPM’s post. These includes Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Sembrong MP Hishammuddin Hussein.
Awang Azman said Umno would complicate matters both within itself and in its relations with PPBM if it was given the post.
He said the rejection of Zahid’s nomination would be a major blow to the party because it would be as if the position of PPBM president was superior to that of the Umno president when PPBM was, in fact, depending on Umno’s support for its political survival.
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