Internal sabotage caused Umno’s election losses, says Asyraf

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Internal sabotage caused Umno’s election losses, says Asyraf

The party’s secretary-general says the loss of seats was not because of the strength of rival parties

Umno secretary-generar Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki greeting party members at the delegates meeting of the Rantau Panjang Umno division yesterday. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Sabotage by party members, not the strength of rival parties, lay behind Umno’s losses in the 2022 general election, according to Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.

“That’s what we want to avoid in the future,” he told reporters after opening the delegates meeting of the Rantau Panjang Umno division yesterday, Bernama reported.

He reminded party leaders and members to remain united and avoid any discord to ensure a big victory at the next general election, due by early 2018.


At the 2022 general election, Umno won only 27 parliamentary seats and 31% of the popular vote, the worst election performance in its history compared to its 2004 high point, when it won 102 seats and 65% of the popular vote.

Asked about moves for Umno to leave the unity coalition government and go solo at the next general election, he said: “We have never been alone in a general election as the country’s stability and prosperity would not be achieved if the struggle was done individually.”

He said the Umno Supreme Council continued to defend the unity government.