Accused Of Sabotage Umno S Isham Jalil Says Party Might Sack Him

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“Being in the government and going to the election together are two different things. The Agong never told us to go to the election together with PH. So, don’t mix these two things up”
(MMO) – Umno supreme council member Isham Jalil believes his name is on an expulsion list for criticising the party’s electoral cooperation with Pakatan Harapan (PH).
He said his views against working with PH, especially its DAP component, was well known but denied that he told grassroots supporters not to vote for the candidate fielded by its former nemesis-turned-ally in the Johor twin by-elections last Saturday.
“I heard this week that a few more Umno members will be sacked in the next party meeting. There are rumours that my name might even be on the list.
“Well, it is up to the party’s leadership and the supreme council if they want to sack me.
“My struggle for my religion, race and country is sincere, and not because of personal interests,” he said in a statement on his Facebook yesterday.
Last Sunday, he claimed that Umno lost 27,000 Malay votes in the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state by-elections. According to Isham, this showed that Malay voters were rejecting Umno and the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition it leads.
He said that he agreed that Umno should support PH as a member of the unity government that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong wished for after last year’s general election deadlock.
But he added that he disagreed that it meant the Malay nationalist party “should go into an election with PH”.
“Being in the government and going to the election together are two different things.
“The Agong never told us to go to the election together with PH. So, don’t mix these two things up,” he said.
He also said the allegations that he told Umno members not to vote for PH or DAP is slander.
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