Najib Chairs Special MT Meeting In Conjunction With 2013 Umno General Assembly

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also Umno President, tonight chaired a special Umno Supreme Council (MT) meeting in conjunction with the 2013 Umno General Assembly.

The assembly is the first after the 13th general election last May and the party election last October.

The special meeting, held at the Umno headquarters at Menara Dato' Onn here, was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Umno Deputy President.

Others present included Vice-President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin, party treasurer Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah and Information Chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan.

Among the new MT-appointed members present were Youth vice-chief Khairul Azwan Harun, Puteri vice-chief Zahida Zarik Khan, Titiwangsa Member of Parliament Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani, former Universiti Teknologi Mara Vice-Chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah, Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah president Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and Kuala Selangor Member of Parliament Datuk Irmohanizam Ibrahim.

All the MT members present took their oath of office before Najib and Muhyiddin prior to the meeting which started at 9pm.

Najib will open the Umno General Assembly 2013 at Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre tomorrow, as well as deliver the presidential address before the 2,759 delegates attending the assembly.