UMNO NS passes no contest resolution for top posts

Negeri Sembilan Umno on Monday passed a no contest resolution for the post of president and deputy president at the party's elections later this year.

Its chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the resolution was necessary to strengthen Umno in preparation for the 14th general election (GE-14).

"It is better that the two posts are not contested to avoid a split in Umno.

We want Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as president and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as deputy president as we need a strong team to face GE14," he told reporters after chairing Negeri Sembilan Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) meeting here on Monday.

A total of 146,500 delegates from 161 divisions nationwide will elect the party leadership in line with amendments to the Umno constitution in 2009.

Mohamad, who is also the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan said the resolution was among three resolutions passed at the meeting.

The other two were giving full support to Najib as Prime Minister, Umno president and BN chairman and rejecting a proposal to dissolve BN componernt parties and form a new party.

"We disagree with the proposal because we are not yet ready to dissolve Umno which fought for independence and developed the country.

"Its all right for BN to have component parties. The most important thing is that the parties strive to improve and strengthen themselves."

Mohamad also said Negeri Sembilan BN will not file any petition in relation to GE-13.