PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says there is no need for the party to conduct a referendum regarding cooperation with DAP.
Zahid said Umno Supreme Council member Isham Jalil’s call for such a referendum was merely his personal opinion.
“Why do we need a referendum? There’s no need for a referendum,” Berita Harian quoted the Barisan Nasional chairman and deputy prime minister as saying.
“I respect personal opinions, but don’t force others to respect your personal opinion.”
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Yesterday, Isham urged Umno to conduct a referendum among its three million members on whether they want to cooperate with DAP.
He had also said earlier the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had only decreed that BN work with Pakatan Harapan to form the government after the last general election, and not to contest elections as coalition partners.
DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook has dismissed Isham’s claim as his personal opinion which was not reflective of Umno’s stance.
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