PUTRAJAYA, Sept 5 (Bernama) -- The Umno Supreme Council meeting on Sept 11, is expected to discuss preparations for the by-election in Bagan Pinang, Negeri Sembilan.
Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) Secretary-General Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said he was confident that BN would be able to retain the seat that fell vacant due to the death of incumbent Azman Mohammad Noor on Friday.
"The candidate has yet to be identified and we will leave it to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to decide. Since we won the seat by a 2,333-vote majority, we are confident of retaining it," he told reporters after a Salam Ramadhan programme here on Friday.
In Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan who is also Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar said, he would leave it to the Telok Kemang Umno division to list down the prospective candidates.
"I had discussed the matter with Telok Kemang Umno division Chief Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and urged him to discuss the matter within the division before submitting the list of candidates to the party leadership.
"It is important for the candidate to be endorsed by the division so as to avoid any misunderstanding among members in the division that can disrupt the harmony when preparing for the by-election," said Mohamad Hasan after handing out yearly contributions for the poor to 22 mosques in Port Dickson.
In Kota Baharu, Kelantan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said BN should work towards winning by a bigger majority in the Bagan Pinang by-election to strengthen the party's standing.
During the March 2008 general election, Azman polled 6,430 votes to beat Ramli Ismail of PAS who garnered 4,097 votes.
Meanwhile, speaking of the MCA saga, Tengku Adnan said MCA, being a BN component party, should try and solve their internal problems quickly.
"We are not going to involve in MCA's EGM, however I do hope that the issue, (internal problems) will be resolved as soon as possible. We would like BN component parties to have no problems and less politicking.
"As for the EGM being the best way to resolve this dispute, maybe it is one of the best way, I leave it to MCA to handle their internal issues just like they've allowed us to settle our own internal problems. However, again I hope they would resolve the issue quickly as anything which happens to our component parties will affect BN as a whole under any situation," he added.
In KOTA KINABALU, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had expressed confidence that the BN would retain the Bagan Pinang state seat.
"Traditionally, Bagan Pinang is a Barisan Nasional stronghold. We won it by a landslide majority.
"So, this time around, I'm sure we will win it again comfortably," he told reporters after attending an Umno Youth Iftar (breaking of fast) dinner, at Universiti Malaysia Sabah here.
He said the Umno Youth machinery had also started its preparation for the by-election.
Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) Secretary-General Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said he was confident that BN would be able to retain the seat that fell vacant due to the death of incumbent Azman Mohammad Noor on Friday.
"The candidate has yet to be identified and we will leave it to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to decide. Since we won the seat by a 2,333-vote majority, we are confident of retaining it," he told reporters after a Salam Ramadhan programme here on Friday.
In Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan who is also Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar said, he would leave it to the Telok Kemang Umno division to list down the prospective candidates.
"I had discussed the matter with Telok Kemang Umno division Chief Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and urged him to discuss the matter within the division before submitting the list of candidates to the party leadership.
"It is important for the candidate to be endorsed by the division so as to avoid any misunderstanding among members in the division that can disrupt the harmony when preparing for the by-election," said Mohamad Hasan after handing out yearly contributions for the poor to 22 mosques in Port Dickson.
In Kota Baharu, Kelantan Umno Liaison Chief Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said BN should work towards winning by a bigger majority in the Bagan Pinang by-election to strengthen the party's standing.
During the March 2008 general election, Azman polled 6,430 votes to beat Ramli Ismail of PAS who garnered 4,097 votes.
Meanwhile, speaking of the MCA saga, Tengku Adnan said MCA, being a BN component party, should try and solve their internal problems quickly.
"We are not going to involve in MCA's EGM, however I do hope that the issue, (internal problems) will be resolved as soon as possible. We would like BN component parties to have no problems and less politicking.
"As for the EGM being the best way to resolve this dispute, maybe it is one of the best way, I leave it to MCA to handle their internal issues just like they've allowed us to settle our own internal problems. However, again I hope they would resolve the issue quickly as anything which happens to our component parties will affect BN as a whole under any situation," he added.
In KOTA KINABALU, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin had expressed confidence that the BN would retain the Bagan Pinang state seat.
"Traditionally, Bagan Pinang is a Barisan Nasional stronghold. We won it by a landslide majority.
"So, this time around, I'm sure we will win it again comfortably," he told reporters after attending an Umno Youth Iftar (breaking of fast) dinner, at Universiti Malaysia Sabah here.
He said the Umno Youth machinery had also started its preparation for the by-election.
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