BERA: “I am still the poster boy and prime minister candidate for Barisan Nasional (BN) after GE15 (15th General Election),” said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The Prime Minister said his selection as the candidate for the prime minister position was clearly decided at the 2021 UMNO General Assembly and the decision of the UMNO Supreme Council (MT) that met in April.
“So far there has been no decision from UMNO MT saying otherwise and recently more than 156 out of 190 UMNO divisions passed a motion to support me as the prime minister candidate.
“The matter (the decision to nominate him as prime minister candidate) has not been reversed and there was no meeting (within the party) that decided otherwise, therefore the earlier decision still stands,” he said.
Ismail Sabri said this at a press conference after attending the candidate nomination process for the Bera parliamentary seat that took place at the Bera District Council Convention Hall, here today. – BERNAMA
