Sunday October 5, 2008 MYT 7:35:19 PM
Khairy firm on Umno Youth chief bid
By SARBAN SINGH
REMBAU: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin will go ahead and contest the top post in the wing even if the party president decides not to defend his position during the party polls next March.
Khairy, who is also Rembau MP, said although Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was his father-in-law, he had never relied on Abdullah’s position to garner support.
“I have never used my father-in-law’s influence for personal gain. I will be banking on my record as deputy chief for the past four years and for the party work that I have done,” he told reporters Sunday when met at his Hari Raya open house at Kg Gadong near here. Also present was his wife Nori Abdullah.
“The Youth will decide who they want as their leader.”
On Sept 26, Abdullah had said that he would decide by Thursday -- when the 191 Umno divisions start nominating leaders for the top party posts -- whether he would defend his position.
Khairy rubbished claims by critics that he was banking on his ties with Abdullah to win the wing’s top post, adding he had the credentials to lead including being campaign director for the Barisan Nasional Youth in several by-elections.
He also hoped party members would not resort to money politics as this would destroy the party.
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