A purge by Umno leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi claimed Malaysia ’s former Covid tsar Khairy Jamaluddin as its highest-profile casualty late Friday, as recriminations tear at a party once seen as the natural steward of Malaysian power following its poor showing in November’s elections .
His control of Malaysia’s oldest party was cast into doubt by the November election result, which saw Umno shed support after years of corrosive corruption scandals to win just 30 seats from the 177 it contested. After the last general election, Hishammuddin led a group of 10 of the coalition’s 30 newly elected MPs in backing opposing Perikatan Nasional chief Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister – instead of the president’s choice – Anwar from their long-time adversary Pakatan Harapan, saying that he rather be sacked than support the reformist icon.
Spared from the purge is Umno’s vice-president and former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob who openly called for Ahmad Zahid to take responsibility for the party’s performance in the election triggered by the president, who repeatedly pushed the then-premier to dissolve parliament, believing that the timing was right for the party to win.
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