Azreen Madzlan Mar 21, 08 4:17pm
Wanita Umno today decided not to support Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's call for the party emergency general assembly on May 11.
The wing's chief Rafidah Aziz said that although the wing respected the former vice president's suggestion, the focus was however now to make the party stronger following the battering it received in the recently held general election.
"Now it's not the time for anyone to ‘menangguk di air yang keruh' (take advantages). It is time for the party to get together." said Rafidah at a press conference after chairing the wing's exco meeting this morning.
She also said that the matter was not even discussed at the exco meeting as it was not relevant.
Tengku Razaleigh, who has also offered himself to contest for the presidency post, has called for the special general assembly to discuss Umno's bad showing in the recent polls.
Under the party's constitution, at least 50 per cent of Umno's divisions must agree to such an assembly before it can be called.
'Not one of us'
Rafidah also rejected claims made by former Puteri Umno chief Azalina Othman that she was the representative of the Wanita wing in the recently announced cabinet.
"Which division does she represent the Wanita wing?" retorted Rafidah.
The wing has voiced its disappointment over its non-representation in the cabinet when Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dropped both Rafidah and Shahrizat Abdul Jalil from the line-up.
He then subsequently appointed Shahrizat, the deputy Wanita chief, to be his special advisor on family matters, giving her a ministerial status.
Azalina, named the tourism minister in the new cabinet, told reporters today that the question of the Wanita wing having no cabinet representative did not arise as she was automatically a member of the wing now after having surpassed the age limit of 40 to be in Puteri wing.
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