MTUC president Senator Zainal Rampak today lauded his deputy's decision to cancel the planned picket near the premise of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) in Petaling Jaya following the leadership crisis between them.

In a media statement to malaysiakini , the TWU general secretary commended Mohamed Shafie Mammal and said the decision was made "in the larger interest of sustaining workers' unity and solidarity".

Mohd Shafie had initially planned to lead the National Union of Telecoms Employees the trade union under him to stage a picket outside TWU building to protest against Zainal for failing to honour his word to step down.

In May last year, Zainal had promised him in a joint media statement to take over the MTUC presidency (at the end of the December) as a condition that Mohd Shafie does not contest the post at the congress election.