Your role is to help Najib, Salleh tells Muhyiddin

(Bernama) – Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should play his role by assisting the duties of the party president and to show his loyalty and support for the party, said Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak.

The communications and multimedia minister said Muhyiddin should not undermine the president’s leadership by making statements that can lead to unnecessary speculation and confusion.

He said as a seasoned politician, Muhyiddin was surely well versed with Umno’s constitution that specifies the deputy president’s duties.

“His duties is not to undermine or to rock the boat. His latest speech in Pagoh has somehow raised speculation that this was another one of Muhyiddin’s subtle attempt to discredit and undermine the leadership of his prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak),” he said in his latest posting on his blog sskeruak.blogspot.my.

“I would like to think that it was a speech taken out of context.

“But if it wasn’t and the intention was indeed to discredit his president’s leadership, then he lacks the quality of being a team player and a decision needs to be made by either him or the party to stop all speculation about his stand once and for all,” he added.