Zaid: Strange if Muhyiddin stays in Umno
Former law minister says there is no point in staying in a party which will surely lose in the next general election
(FMT) – Umno has no future and thus it will be strange if sacked Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin continues to stay in the ruling party, said former Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim.
“To me, it doesn’t make sense if we want to stay in a losing party. He (Muhyiddin) should join a winning party. I don’t know if he will stay (in Umno) or not but I will find it very strange if he stays.
“The Umno controlled government is arresting people here and there, and this is their last lifeline.
“If Umno has a future, it means we have no future,” Zaid told FMT in a joint interview with several news portals.
When asked about criticisms leveled against Muhyiddin, saying he was unable to defend and fight for himself, Zaid stressed that no one should judge a person’s approach on certain issues.
“Everyone has their own approach. Don’t say that Muhyiddin didn’t do anything. He said wait for tomorrow, right?
“So we have to be patient. That is his style. But I am confident that he will walk together with (former premier) Tun Mahathir (Mohamad).”
On Monday, Mahathir announced that he and his wife Siti Hasmah Ali were leaving Umno as a sign of protest against Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration.
