Ahead of Umno powwow, Hisham and KJ plead against snap polls
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Modified6 Jan 2021, 8:54 am
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Two Umno cabinet ministers who are not members of the party s supreme council have voiced disagreement with a snap general election.
Party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had reportedly sought the support of the party s 189 division heads during a meeting last night to pursue a withdrawal from the Perikatan Nasional Plus government, which would trigger a snap election.
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