T'gganu MB raps 'missing' Umno elected reps

Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Said today hit out at the Umno elected representatives who rarely go to the ground to meet their constituents and show up only when an election is near.

He said such an attitude would be a loss for the elected representatives and the adverse impact would be felt by Umno and the BN in an election.

"The future of every elected representative depends on the party members and voters. Do not be elected representatives who only show their face for 10 days during an election campaign and then disappear for five years," he said when addressing the Kemaman Umno division delegates meeting opened by Umno vice-president and Defence Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

"If I can stand for six hours to hand over e-Books to school children and spend up to midnight to be with the people, I do not see why other elected representatives cannot do so, even spend time at mosques to pray with the people," he said.

Ahmad urged elected representatives to strive harder to achieve the target of getting 60 per cent of Umno members in their respective constituencies to register as voters.

This was to ensure that the elected representatives as well as the party won big in the next general election, he said.

Putrajaya Puteri chief ‘gone missing’

Meanwhile, 10 Umno divisions have applied to defer their annual meetings citing various problems, said Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Mansor said.

He said this involved venues and persons invited to open the meetings adding they were approved and that divisions had to hold meetings by month end.

Sixty of 191 Umno divisions had already held  their meetings which had to be completed by July 15.

Tengku Adnan said Umno headquarters was studying problems faced by Rantau Panjang (two meetings) and Tanah Merah (unconstitutional) divisions in Kelantan.

He also said new elections would be called to elect the Putrajaya Puteri chief to replace Hamizah Abdullah Zawawi who had gone missing for one year.

"But before this can happen, an acting Puteri chief will have to be appointed," said Tengku Adnan who is also Putrajaya Umno division chief.

He declined to comment on Hamizah's disappearance except that it could be due to personal problem.

- Bernama