Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has promised that Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) would continue to exist as long as Umno remains in power.

He even went a step further to equate Umno's survival to that of Mara's, and by extension, that of Malays.

“ Mara is born from whose womb? Umno's. Without Umno, Mara would have never existed.