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PETALING JAYA: Umno Chief Information Officer Shahril Hamdan has expressed confidence that former Barisan Nasional (BN) and Muafakat Nasional (MN) Secretary General Annuar Musa will remain loyal to the party.
“As long as he remains loyal, his experience and wisdom will continue to be an asset to the party,” Shahril said in a Facebook post today.
However, he acknowledged that Annuar had been seen as a departure from party lines with some of his recent remarks, and that had raised some concern among many party members.
Shahril added that the president of Umno, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, had the right to decide on the post of general secretary of the BN as president of the BN.
“For me, he is not at all undermining Annuar’s contribution to the party during all this time, especially in these difficult times, having managed BN operations during many by-elections and the Sabah elections, which Umno won.
“We must not forget this contribution. In fact, the president himself had thanked him in his speech just now, ”Shahril said, referring to the meeting Zahid had with the leaders of the Umno division today.
Today it was reported that Annuar had been removed as BN General Secretary, but has not yet commented on the matter.
Annuar, who appears to be friends with Perikatan Nasional (PN), the coalition comprising PPBM, PAS and STAR and SAPP, based in Sabah, has come under fire in recent days.
Meanwhile, commenting on speculation that Umno would withdraw his support for the PN administration, Shahril said that the party’s supreme council will discuss all possibilities during its meeting tomorrow.
