Branch members in Pokok Sena leave the party en bloc

ALOR STAR: The Umno flag was rolled up in Kampung Inggeris here as 156 members from the Sri Tanjung branch in the Pokok Sena Umno division quit the party last night.
Sri Tanjung branch chairman Baharuddin Mahmood said they would only rejoin Umno when party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi steps down.
“We are driven to this because we love Umno so much. We need to take drastic action to stop the rot,” he said after the branch committee members rolled up the Umno flag.
On Monday, more than 300 members from the Jalan Badlishah branch in the Merbok Umno division quit the party after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced his decision to leave Umno.
Representatives from six other branches – Langgar A, Langgar B, Limbong, Tasak, Taman Teratai and Kampung Bersatu – all in Pokok Sena division said members from the bran-ches would be quitting in stages within the next few days after holding emergency meetings. They were at Kampung Inggeris last night as observers when the Sri Tanjung members quit.
Baharuddin said the members were very upset with former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam who said that Dr Mahathir was a thorn in the flesh.
“Musa should look at himself in the mirror first before criticising a statesman like Dr Mahathir,” he said.
Branch permanent chairman Jamali Shahi said they were quitting en masse because they do not want Dr Mahathir to fight the rot in the party alone.

Mesyuarat tergempar MT malam ini

Majlis Tertinggi Umno akan mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar malam ini, dua hari selepas mantan perdana menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad keluar dari Umno.
Ekoran tindakan Dr Mahathir itu, beberapa pertemuan tergempar diadakan, termasuk perjumpaan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dengan ahli parlimen Umno semalam.
Dr Mahathir yang menerajui Umno dan kerajaan selama 22 tahun, mengumumkan keluar dari Umno Isnin lalu kerana tidak yakin lagi dengan kepimpinan Abdullah.
Mantan perdana menteri berkata beliau akan kembali menyertai Umno selepas Abdullah meletakkan jawatan.
Tindakan Dr Mahathir itu turut mencetus kebimbangan ramai ahli dan pemimpin Umno akan menurut jejak langkahnya meninggalkan Umno.
Sehingga ini Star Online melaporkan bahawa 300 ahli Umno di Merbok (Kedah), 420 (PJ Selatan) telah keluar parti manakala 2,000 lagi ahli Umno di Pokok Sena (Kedah) dijangka berbuat demikian.
Turut keluar parti ialah bekas menteri besar Kedah, Tan Sri Sanusi Junid, bekas ahli parlimen Kota Star, Dr Abdul Hadi Derani dan anak lelaki mantan perdana menteri itu, Datuk Mokhzani.

tunku : more should follow asap.we need to send them strong 'tsunami warning signal'.they can't(the leadership) understand the normal language.now it's time for action.