Muhyiddin accepts any decision by Umno

PAGOH: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says he will accept any decision by Umno including being sacked from the party for voicing out on several issues. 

The Umno deputy president said he felt aggrieved by the supreme council’s decision to bar him from speaking at the general assembly. 

In his speech at a function held at Seri Pekembar here, Muhyiddin said it was a party tradition for the deputy president to launch the Wanita, Pemuda and Puteri wings and give a winding-up speech during the assembly. 

He, however, claimed that the Umno supreme council decided that it was now a privilege and not the right of the deputy president to deliver his speech at the opening of the wings’ assemblies. 

He said that the general assembly was a platform for leaders to explain and provide solutions on several issues to help strengthen the party.

On Tuesday, the Umno supreme council decided at a meeting that the Wanita, Youth and Puteri chiefs would launch their respective assemblies separately. 

Party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the council arrived at the decision after considering proposals from the three wings. 

"The opening (of the wings' general assemblies) will be conducted separately. This was decided following proposals from the respective wings at the meeting," said Najib after chairing the meeting at the Parliament temporary building. 

"That is what they want, and we respect that," Najib had told reporters. 

Najib said the council made the decision on the opening of the wings' general assemblies because it wanted to ensure a cordial and positive Umno general assembly which will take place from Dec 8 to 12.