Zahid defends validity of ‘no contest’ resolution

The resolution not to open Umno’s top two posts to contest is valid and in line with the party’s constitution, said its president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

“We feel the additional motion under Article 8 of the proposer’s speech on the president’s policy speech is fully compliant with several articles under the constitution,” he told a press conference after the conclusion of the Umno general assembly at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre today.

The Bagan Datuk MP added that the rationale for the motion...