Tuesday May 20, 2008 MYT 7:24:02 PM
Umno MPs pledge support for Pak Lah (updated)
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno MPs pledged their full support for party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in a lunch hour meeting at Parliament House on Tuesday.
The MPs said "no one is leaving Umno" when met after the meeting, which discussed former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's decision to leave Umno.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said that Umno MPs had given their assurances to Abdullah that they would not leave the party.
Outspoken Kalabakan MP Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh said Sabah Umno was solidly behind Abdullah, adding: "Nobody is leaving Umno, especially those from Sabah."
Dr Mahathir sent shockwaves throughout the country when he announced he was leaving the party at a talk held in Alor Star, Kedah, on Monday.
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