Umno member Anina Saadudin can only be sacked through a motion at the party’s supreme council, Umno disciplinary tribunal chief Megat Najmuddin Megat Khas said today.

“Only the supreme council can remove or sack Anina. It needs to be done through a meeting and a motion signed by all of the relevant supreme council (members).

“The Umno administration cannot issue a notice for Anina’s removal without the knowledge and motion in the council. It is beyond administrative powers,” he was quoted as saying by Astro Awani.

However, Najbuddin admitted that he does not know whether the Umno supreme council had already met on the issue before party secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor announcement that Anina had been summarily sacked.

Anina ( photo ), who is from the Kampung Padang Matsirat Umno branch in Langkawi, was sacked yesterday after filing a lawsuit against party president Najib Abdul Razak over the RM2.6 billion ‘donation’ that the latter supposedly received into his personal accounts.

Fiery speech

She was sacked under Article 20.7 of the party constitution which prohibits Umno members from bringing party matters to court on the penalty of termination from the party.

A purported letter informing her of her sacking was signed by Tengku Adnan but was dated today instead of yesterday.

Anina had filed her lawsuit last week claiming that Najib had ‘cheated’ Umno’s three million members.

Prior to that she had came into prominence for making a fiery anti-Najib speech at Langkawi Umno division’s recent meeting.

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