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Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party has yet to conduct any empirical study on the impact of reinstating leaders who were previously sacked, suspended or had left the party, adding that it would be premature to make any assessment as the reinstated leaders had not yet begun their grassroots engagement.

Ahmad Zahid said the prospects of fielding leaders who were previously expelled, suspended, or who had left the party in the upcoming general election will depend on their viability.


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00:01UMNO President, Datuk Siri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said the party has yet to conduct any empirical study on the
00:09impact of reinstating leaders who were previously sacked, suspended, or had left the party, adding that it would be premature
00:16to make any assessment as the reinstated leaders had not yet begun their grassroots engagement.
00:23Ahmad Zahid said the prospects of fielding leaders who were previously expelled, suspended, or who had left the party in
00:31the upcoming general election will depend on their viability.
01:06Ahmad Zahid, also the chairman of Barisan National, made this statement during a recent interview with selected media outlets.
01:14When asked whether the reinstated leaders would be given the opportunity to contest in the next general election, Ahmad Zahid
01:22said it would depend on their winnability in the respective state or parliamentary constituencies.
01:28He adds that fairness must be extended to them, providing an opportunity for these individuals to demonstrate their commitment to
01:36contributing to UMNO.
01:37On a separate matter, when asked to confirm claims made by former Youth Chief Khairi Jamaluddin that he had been
01:44given no official post.
01:46Yes, the decision in the party, besides what needs to be trained, is it through the process of choosing.
01:54The choice of choosing will only be made after six months of any choice of the public choice.
02:01So, that's not yet to continue or will continue.
02:07On April 17th, UMNO approved the unconditional reinstatement of Khairi Jamaluddin,
02:12former Vice President Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein, and Tanshri Syed Hamid Albar.
02:18UMNO Secretary-General Datuk Dr. Ashraf Wajdi Dusuki confirmed the reinstatement of the three individuals' party memberships
02:26via a Facebook post on April 17th following a leadership meeting held in Melaka.
02:42And I have known this for them before, which is very, very '' simply, what happens if these dreams are
02:43like a future
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