By Zainal Epi - Free Malaysia TodayKUALA LUMPUR: Senator Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor may go for the Umno Youth chief's post in the next party election, says former Batu Berendam MP Tamrin Ghafar.
He said Ezam needed a strong platform to climb up the party ladder.
“This is my reading of Ezam’s next move in politics. Handpicked by party president Najib Tun Razak to be a senator, he may feel he is capable of taking the Youth movement to a higher level.
“I will not be surprised if he is appointed a deputy minister in the next Cabinet reshuffle,” he added.
“I think he will be more interested in taking over Umno Youth than in contesting for a seat in the supreme council,” said Tamrin, the son of former deputy prime minister and deputy Umno president Ghafar Baba.
Ezam and two others – Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, executive chairman of Rahim & Co, and Noriah Mahat, Pagoh Wanita Umno chief – were appointed senators last Monday.
Ezam left PKR in 2007 and formed the Anti-Corruption Movement (Gerak) and later set up Yayasan Generasi Baru Nusantara, with its headquarters in Jakarta.
Tamrin said Umno members should not resent Ezam’s appointment to the senatorship as “he has been working very hard to bring credibility to the party”.
“He has worked hard in every by-election, harder than those members who have been in Umno for so long. Besides, he is still committed to fighting corruption.
“He should be rewarded,” he added.
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