Umno picked Ismail Sabri as PM candidate after Zahid withdrew from being nominated, says Ahmad Maslan


KUALA LUMPUR: Umno decided to nominate party vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as its prime minister candidate as party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi withdrew from being nominated for the post, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

"The Umno president had withdrawn from being nominated during the Umno supreme council meeting late Tuesday (Aug 17), and previously during the meeting with Umno lawmakers and party political bureaus," the Umno secretary-general told reporters after a three-hour meeting here at Menara Datuk Onn on Wednesday (Aug 18).

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