00:00 Does UMNO need fresh party elections?
00:03 University Science Malaysia political analyst Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid says this is something
00:08 only UMNO can answer.
00:10 He says this is the reason why UMNO needs to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting,
00:14 or EGM, urgently.
00:16 If it can be ascertained that the elections have the support from both the party leadership
00:21 and the rank and file, then fair elections should be conducted, allowing opponents of
00:27 the present leadership to contest.
00:30 Fauzi's comments come amid calls for fresh polls in UMNO following the party's poor outing
00:35 in the recent six state elections.
00:37 In the UMNO elections in January, contests for the president and deputy president's
00:41 posts were barred.
00:43 But with the party struggling to regain support, calls for a change of leadership have been
00:47 renewed.
00:48 University Malayas' Awang Azmal Pawi, however, cautioned that fresh elections might lead
00:52 to more divisions within UMNO.
00:54 "Actually, what is really exciting is the need for a change of leadership.
00:59 Actually, the opponents of the party in UMNO or those in UMNO who are seen as not in
01:05 line with the top five."
01:08 Jason Desmond, FMT News.
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