Speed up transition plan, Umno division tells PM

BATU PAHAT: The Batu Pahat Umno division has called for party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to speed up the transition plan.
It also wants the Prime Minister to reveal the plan to members before the party elections in December.
The motion was passed in an extraordinary general meeting (EGM), chaired by the division head Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi.
Batu Pahat Umno division is the first in Johor to hold an EGM over the shocking results of Barisan Nasional and Umno in the recent general election.
Some 360 members from 145 branches in the division passed the resolutions unanimously at the meeting at Dewan Jubli Intan here Saturday.
Dr Mohd Puad, who is also Batu Pahat MP, said the transition could be done in various ways, even before the presidency period is up.
He said that in the past, Tunku Abdul Rahman dissolved parliament four days after the May 13 incident in 1969.
“Then, the power was passed on to Tun Abdul Razak who was appointed the chairman of the National Operations Council.
“But Tunku Abdul Rahman remained as the prime minister and Umno president,” he said.
Dr Mohd Puad did not mention the name of the successor they hoped for.
However, he said it has always been the party tradition that the successor should be the deputy president.
“We also feel that this is the best way at this juncture to avoid misunderstanding and disorder in the party,” he said.
The division also pressured the party leaders to investigate and solve the claim of “family involvement” in the country’s administration, which was said to be the cause of the people’s anger towards Umno.

tunku : bravo dr puad and his division.wish to see more divisions will come out and voice out the truth. umno seriously need some major revamp ,we can't just sit back and relax and hopes that thing will be fine or heal by itself. wake up umno members.