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UMNO yesterday met and provided an explanation to the RoS regarding the passing of a no-contest motion for the president and deputy president posts.

UMNO members who were dissatisfied with the party's 2022 General Assembly's decision in approving the motion of no contest for the top posts can take the matter to the ROS.

The additional motion at the 2022 UMNO General Assembly on keeping the president and deputy president posts uncontested is valid according to the articles and clauses in the party's constitution.

A majority of delegates at the UMNO General Assembly today supported the motion of no contest for the posts of president and deputy president at the party polls this year.

Zawawi Othman cited the rift that occurred in 1987 after then president Tun Mahathir was challenged by Tengku Razaleigh for the top post.

UMNO Information chief Isham Jalil confirmed that there is a motion calling for the posts of president and deputy president not to be contested.

There is no proposal to amend UMNO's constitution so that the president and deputy president posts would not be contested, said UMNO information chief Isham Jalil.

140 UMNO division chiefs expressed solidarity for the president's position not to be contested in the UMNO elections expected to be held in May.

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The proposal for the party No.1 and 2 posts not be contested in the coming Umno elections does not mean the party is not democratic.

The Sembrong Umno Division has adopted the stand that the post of Umno president and deputy president should remain uncontested.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he backed the calls for the posts of president and deputy president in Umno to be uncontested in the coming party elections.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

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Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.