Division head sends 'all resign' letter

KUANTAN: Frustrated that none of the supreme council members has heeded his call for a mass resignation, Paya Besar Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Tajuddin Sulaiman yesterday wrote an open letter to the party president to reiterate his stand.

Ahmad Tajuddin, who had vacated his post as the state Umno liaison secretary recently, had asked Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his supreme council members to resign en bloc to enable fresh party elections to be held.

"We demand an extraordinary move where the party leadership must redelegate power back to party members," he said in the letter which was also sent to all the supreme council members and Umno division heads.

He said a pro-tem committee should handle the elections to ensure that they were free from intimidation.

Ahmad Tajuddin also said that it was wrong for the party leadership to blame the grassroots for the selection of candidates in the March 8 elections as most were nominated by leaders with vested interest.

--NST