Umno stays with unity govt despite youth wing’s calls, says Zahid

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Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi dismisses cooperation with PAS under Muafakat Nasional.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/01/06/umno-stays-with-unity-govt-despite-youth-wings-calls-says-zahid  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/01/06/umno-kekal-bersama-kerajaan-perpaduan-di-sebalik-gesaan-akmal-kata-zahid  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today that the party will remain loyal to the unity government

00:06until the next general election, despite calls from youth leader Dr. Akmal Saleh for the party

00:11to withdraw its support and shift to the opposition bloc.

00:15Zahid said that in yesterday's political bureau meeting,

00:19Akmal had presented the resolution reached at Saturday's special convention,

00:23which was openly discussed by UMNO's leadership.

00:26He said the party would not abandon its coalition partners in the Mandani government

00:32and dismissed PAS proposals that never materialised,

00:35referring to cooperation with PAS under Mofakat National.

00:40On Saturday, Akmal called for the party to withdraw its support for the unity government

00:44and join the opposition, citing repeated violations of red lines involving 3R matters

00:50pertaining to race, religion and royalty.

00:53Zahid said calls for cooperation with PAS through MN, which resurfaced following the

00:59political crisis in Perlis at the end of last year, must be carefully examined.

01:05Akmal had proposed that Perikatan National be dissolved and MN revived following the political

01:11turmoil in Perlis, a suggestion welcomed by PAS's information chief Ahmad Fadri Shaari,

01:17who said MN could be relaunched after UMNO and Barisan Nacional leave the unity government.

01:23Panyu Zhou, FMT

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