Ismail Sabri caught in the middle of a storm

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GEORGE TOWN: Ismail Sabri Yaakob appears to be stuck between trying to shore up Umno’s support for the prime minister and keeping the party intact.

It does not help him that Umno is already divided between a camp supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and another against him.

“Ismail is caught in the middle. It’s a dilemma facing many leaders in Umno,” said Ibrahim Suffian of Merdeka Center.

Speaking to FMT, he said Ismail had to handle two core issues facing Umno – one a dispute over the position of its president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and the other the issue of seat allocations for the next general election (GE15).

He said some party members saw Zahid as a weak leader and one who could affect the party’s confidence in going into future elections.


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