Zahid: There were internal attempts to betray Umno from the onset

Zahid: There were internal attempts to betray Umno from the onset


Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed today how the party was allegedly almost betrayed by its own people when the coalition government was being formed through the advice of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

Zahid said prior to the decision, Umno negotiated separately with two other coalitions, namely Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional (PN), under several conditions.

Harapan, he said, gave a written response agreeing with Umno's terms, while PN told them it was only considering.

At the same time, the Bagan Datuk MP added that PN made a decision to reject the Agong's proposal for a coalition government to be formed after it claimed to have the majority support of MPs.

Ten of the statutory declarations (SD), according to Zahid, came from Umno MPs themselves and they were given without referring to the party.

"From the onset, the party was already betrayed. It's even sadder that this was organised by our own people," he said while delivering the Umno presidential speech in Kuala Lumpur today.

However, he did not clearly state who was the mastermind behind the movement to support PN.

Zahid also hinted that Umno will take action against the parties involved.

It is in line with the call of representatives of the party's wing in their conference yesterday.

"Just wait... God willing, soon," he said to applause from the delegates.

Zahid also stressed that the 10 MPs who supported PN earlier have now come back to the Umno/Bn fold.

"They have come back. I have forgiven them, but it will be hard to forget."