(Bernama) - The groups within the Barisan Nasional (BN) who threaten to leave the party if they were not chosen as candidates have been asked to stop making such threats immediately to protect party harmony.
Umno Youth head Khairy Jamaluddin said such threats could be described as targeting not only Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as BN chairman, but also to the party as a whole.
“I feel uncomfortable when there are threats made against the BN, when there are threats saying that if a particular candidate is not chosen then the party will leave the coalition, the party will boycott, the party will close its operations room,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby, here today.
Khairy, who is also the BN Youth chairman, said everyone should wait for the announcement on the BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor seat during the parliamentary by-election on April 25, to be made by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tomorrow.
“I’m confident that whoever is chosen, what is certain is that he (the candidate) is from the MIC,” he said.
He hoped the rumour that there were divisions that would shut down their operations rooms and boycott the by-election would not be repeated in future.
“It’s just that the feedback that I receive as BN Youth chairman is that the voters there want a local-born and a young candidate. Previously I said a candidate who is friendly to the young generation, more accurately, they want a young candidate, and I hope that a young candidate will be fielded there,” he said.
Asked about the possibility of a negative impact if the candidate fielded did not meet the aspiration of the voters and BN Youth movement, Khairy said it was important for the BN members to support whoever was fielded by the BN as its candidate in Hulu Selangor.
“What is important is that we maintain the BN solidarity and comradeship,” he said.
Umno Youth head Khairy Jamaluddin said such threats could be described as targeting not only Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak as BN chairman, but also to the party as a whole.
“I feel uncomfortable when there are threats made against the BN, when there are threats saying that if a particular candidate is not chosen then the party will leave the coalition, the party will boycott, the party will close its operations room,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby, here today.
Khairy, who is also the BN Youth chairman, said everyone should wait for the announcement on the BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor seat during the parliamentary by-election on April 25, to be made by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tomorrow.
“I’m confident that whoever is chosen, what is certain is that he (the candidate) is from the MIC,” he said.
He hoped the rumour that there were divisions that would shut down their operations rooms and boycott the by-election would not be repeated in future.
“It’s just that the feedback that I receive as BN Youth chairman is that the voters there want a local-born and a young candidate. Previously I said a candidate who is friendly to the young generation, more accurately, they want a young candidate, and I hope that a young candidate will be fielded there,” he said.
Asked about the possibility of a negative impact if the candidate fielded did not meet the aspiration of the voters and BN Youth movement, Khairy said it was important for the BN members to support whoever was fielded by the BN as its candidate in Hulu Selangor.
“What is important is that we maintain the BN solidarity and comradeship,” he said.
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