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- KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his party will not work with Malaysia's opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in the next general election and dismissed claims that both parties have discussed such cooperation.
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May 12, 2024 · BAGAN DATUK, May 12 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party is becoming stronger despite various criticisms thrown by certain parties during its early involvement in the unity government. The deputy prime minister said that Umno’s membership is increasing each month, with none of its over 21,000 branches dissolved so far.
May 12, 2024 · KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The success in six out of eight Malay-majority district polling centres in yesterday’s Kuala Kubu Baru state by-election shows a significant shift in voting patterns among Malaysia’s biggest demographic group, Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said today.
Apr 26, 2024 · Stuck in passenger seat, Umno in danger of wipeout at next polls. Observers see the party that once ruled Malaysia for more than six decades in further decline. Once the 'big brother' in government, Umno is heading for a wipeout at the next general election.
- Malay Support
- Stability Elusive
- Najib and 1MDB
- Intense Politicking, Weak Governance
First, it has not recovered the Malay support it had lost after 2013. Bersatu and Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), members of the newest coalition, Perikatan Nasional (PN), have been gaining support among Malay voters that traditionally supported Umno, including rural voters and public servants. In Johor, Umno’s vote share for the seats (largely Mala...
Secondly, because Umno enjoyed majority Malay support, it sustained political stability for decades. It has since been a destabilising force after it lost power in 2018. Umno destroyed the PH government by working with defectors from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Bersatu, and PAS, to form the PN government in 2020. Umno leaders brought down the PN g...
Third, at the heart of Umno’s disunity and uncertainty is a difference of views and interests on the role of Zahid and Najib, and the future of the party. Both men have been nettled by court cases for graft. But they command the loyalty of many division chiefs that they have patronised over their long careers. The party continues to find it hard to...
Fourth, Umno has played a shrewd political game to regain power but this has also distracted it from a serious reckoning on why the party lost in 2018 and the necessary moves to attract support among current and new voters. Political machinations have disrupted national governance, leading to public dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of...
- Ariel Tan
Oct 1, 2022 · Malaysia's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party, which forms the biggest component of the ruling coalition, agreed to hold a general election this year, its top decision-making body...
Apr 28, 2024 · In recent weeks, events involving members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) - the once-dominant Malay-based party leading BN - have threatened to sow further discord in its...
