KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation with PAS through Muafakat Nasional (MN) is the main issue debated at the 2020 UMNO General Assembly today, with delegates wanting it to continue following the success achieved as a result of the cooperation.
For them, the issue is important in ensuring that UMNO and its partner will continue to be able to achieve success that has been proven in a series of by-elections held after the 14th General Election (GE14).
They also want MN to be further strengthened before GE15.
Perak UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Saarani Mohamad said the existing cooperation between UMNO and PAS had strengthened both parties, as the relationship was not overshadowed by suspicion, and the consensus was based on honesty and sincerity.
"In elections, when UMNO is contesting , PAS and its entire machinery are there to help. PAS also has never fielded an independent candidate to defeat UMNO," said the Perak Menteri Besar.
Saarani said MN was not formed to maintain political power, but because of the awareness that the clash of the two major parties would be very detrimental to the Malays and Islam.
Pahang UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail echoed Saarani's sentiment, that the cooperation in MN is crucial in determining the success of both parties in GE15.
"It is our priority in Pahang that the Muafakat Nasional continues to be strengthened. I have done my best and it is time to move our partnership to a higher level, to strengthen it," said Wan Rosdy who is also Pahang Menteri Besar.
Selangor UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar invited delegates to recall UMNO's journey with PAS, including the 'birth' of MN during the Sungai Kandis by-election in August 2018.
He said MN's strength continued to be tested in two by-elections in Seri Setia and Semenyih in Selangor after the Sungai Kandis by-election, which saw UMNO losing the Seri Setia state seat and winning the Semenyih state seat.
"At that time, our cooperation with PAS was good and our machineries were campaigning together. Alhamdulillah, with the spirit of MN, we won the Semenyih by-election," he said.
Tasik Gelugor Wanita UMNO chief Nor Hafizah Othman said apart from strengthening MN and supporting the party's decision to reject cooperation with PKR and DAP, UMNO needed to prepare for the election.
The two-day assembly, which kicked off yesterday with the assemblies of the Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings, is taking place in a hybrid manner with physical attendance at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur and virtually from 190 UMNO divisions nationwide, except Sarawak.
-- BERNAMA
For them, the issue is important in ensuring that UMNO and its partner will continue to be able to achieve success that has been proven in a series of by-elections held after the 14th General Election (GE14).
They also want MN to be further strengthened before GE15.
Perak UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Saarani Mohamad said the existing cooperation between UMNO and PAS had strengthened both parties, as the relationship was not overshadowed by suspicion, and the consensus was based on honesty and sincerity.
"In elections, when UMNO is contesting , PAS and its entire machinery are there to help. PAS also has never fielded an independent candidate to defeat UMNO," said the Perak Menteri Besar.
Saarani said MN was not formed to maintain political power, but because of the awareness that the clash of the two major parties would be very detrimental to the Malays and Islam.
Pahang UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail echoed Saarani's sentiment, that the cooperation in MN is crucial in determining the success of both parties in GE15.
"It is our priority in Pahang that the Muafakat Nasional continues to be strengthened. I have done my best and it is time to move our partnership to a higher level, to strengthen it," said Wan Rosdy who is also Pahang Menteri Besar.
Selangor UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Tan Sri Noh Omar invited delegates to recall UMNO's journey with PAS, including the 'birth' of MN during the Sungai Kandis by-election in August 2018.
He said MN's strength continued to be tested in two by-elections in Seri Setia and Semenyih in Selangor after the Sungai Kandis by-election, which saw UMNO losing the Seri Setia state seat and winning the Semenyih state seat.
"At that time, our cooperation with PAS was good and our machineries were campaigning together. Alhamdulillah, with the spirit of MN, we won the Semenyih by-election," he said.
Tasik Gelugor Wanita UMNO chief Nor Hafizah Othman said apart from strengthening MN and supporting the party's decision to reject cooperation with PKR and DAP, UMNO needed to prepare for the election.
The two-day assembly, which kicked off yesterday with the assemblies of the Youth, Wanita and Puteri wings, is taking place in a hybrid manner with physical attendance at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur and virtually from 190 UMNO divisions nationwide, except Sarawak.
-- BERNAMA
