COMMENT | Having exploited the issue of a royal addendum to the hilt, Umno is now switching to a new gear.

Armed with the latest decision by the Court of Appeal the party is reported to have beseeched the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to grant former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak a full pardon for the latter’s conviction in the SRC International case.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi issued this statement, viz...