Sack Umno members who signed Citizens’ Declaration, urges division vice-chiefs club

A group of Umno division vice-chiefs have told the Supreme Council to sack Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and other Umno leaders who signed the Citizens' Declaration, that demanded for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's to be removed from office. Pledging their support for Najib, 1Malaysia Umno division vice-chiefs club chairman Datuk Mohamad Anuar Mohammad Yunus also called on Putrajaya to use its power to dismiss the former prime minister from his positions as chairman of Perdana Leadership Foundation, Petronas and Proton. "We recommend Umno Supreme Council to sack Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Tan Sri Sanusi Junid and Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir and whoever signed the declaration," he said at a press conference today at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. Although Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal's name was not mentioned during the press conference, his name appeared on the club's statement. Anuar said the vice-chiefs club, which handed over a memorandum of support for Najib to a representative of Umno's secretary-general, also condemned and rejected any involvement by former and current leaders in the signing of the declaration. "We also hope the Supreme Council will consider a wider cleansing to rid the party of any individual who is unable to obey and stay loyal to the party leadership. "We can criticise (the president), but use the right platform." He said between 70 and 80 division vice-chiefs attended today's press conference but all 191 division vice-chiefs had agreed with the memorandum, based on feedback he received from the club's WhatsApp group. Asked about the Pagoh and Jerlun divisions, which are the home divisions of Muhyiddin and Mukhriz, respectively, Anuar said the division chiefs from these two were not present today. Two Umno divisions, Gopeng and Bera also demanded that Dr Mahathir be removed from his posts in government-linked companies. They said Najib should act against Dr Mahathir for leading the Citizens' Declaration to oust Najib. Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, meanwhile, said now was the right time to sack Muhyiddin and Mukhriz, who had crossed the line by sitting with the opposition. – March 8, 2016.