No sacking of Umno members discussed at supreme council meeting
KUALA LUMPUR: The issue over the dismissal of some Umno members was not raised in last night’s Umno supreme council (SC) Meeting, with the focus being on efforts to empower the party, says Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. He said the issue with regard to Umno supreme council member Isham Jalil’s statement about […]
Umno sackings: Why the big fuss?
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. – Benjamin Disraeli, ex-British prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was sacked from Umno by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 1998. Even back then, Anwar was no ordinary guy – he was […]
New Zealand’s Ardern sacks minister over office affair
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sacked a senior cabinet minister Wednesday over an affair with an ex-staff, amid heightened scrutiny on lawmakers’ behaviour ahead of a general election in September. Ardern dismissed Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway after discovering he had an affair with a former colleague who was working at a government organisation […]
PKR sacks Azmin & Zuraida
PETALING JAYA: PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and its vice-president, Zuraida Kamaruddin, have been sacked from the party with immediate effect today. PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced this after a special meeting of the the party’s Central Leadership Council at the PKR headquarters moments ago. Saifuddin Nasution said the decision was […]
