KUCHING: Leaders of United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) held a discussion with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob at his official residence in Putrajaya last night
The party leaders, who included division heads, began arriving at Seri Perdana in the late evening in what is believed to revolve around the emergency meeting held by the party earlier in the day.
Although there was no official confirmation on what was discussed, it was largely believed to centre around the timing of the 15th General Election (GE15), according to several reports.
The emergency meeting was said to have focused on holding the GE15 soon.
Ismail Sabri, an Umno vice-president, was not at the earlier meeting due to official engagements. Among those present at Seri Perdana were vice-presidents Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.
Mahdzir was also believed to be absent from the emergency meeting chaired by party president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at the Umno headquarters.
The Prime Minister, in his interview with the media in conjunction with his first year in office last week, had said that many considerations needed to be taken into account before calling for the national polls.
While the current Parliament term ends in July next year, Umno has been pushing for the general election to be called as soon as possible.
Earlier yesterday, UMNO had called for an urgent meeting involving all heads of divisions at the party headquarters.
Media practitioners had also flocked to the party headquarters after the message calling for all UMNO division heads to attend an urgent meeting went viral.
The message read that Ahmad Zahid and his deputy Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan had called all UMNO heads of divisions to attend an urgent meeting to discuss a very important matter for the party’s future.
