KUALA LUMPUR: Umno had wanted Parliament to be dissolved and the mandate returned to the people through fresh polls when the Pakatan Harapan government fell, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
“However, since the pandemic was fast escalating, we agreed to give the premier's post to the person whose party held the fewest Parliament seats, ” the Umno president told delegates at the party's general assembly on Sunday (March 28).
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