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KOTA KINABALU: Darell Leiking said that Warisan will never join forces with Umno, following a claim that many of the peninsula-based party’s MPs and those from Barisan Nasional were backing Anwar Ibrahim to form a new government.
“There is a possibility that Umno will seek a new ally, but for Warisan, we will never work with them,” the Warisan vice president said at a ceramah in Inanam tonight.
Yesterday it was reported that the President of Umno, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said that he had received information that many party members and BN deputies had expressed their support for the President of the PKR and that he respected their decision.
“Umno and BN cannot prevent Anwar supporting MPs from meeting with Yang di-Pertuan Agong to make their intention known,” he was quoted as saying.
Zahid’s statement came shortly after Anwar’s announcement that he had majority support to form a new government, adding that the majority were Malaysian-Muslim MPs.
Anwar also said that the king had agreed to grant him an audience, although this had to be postponed after the king was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Monday.
Since then, party leaders from the Perikatan Nasional component have supported Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, while the Prime Minister has challenged Anwar to prove his claim.
On the other hand, Leiking also said that Umno, during his 20 years of rule in Sabah, had created a schism between the various communities of the state.
The former federal minister added that compared to Warisan Plus, which defended unity, Umno will continue to create divisions among the people if allowed to re-run the state.
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