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KOTA BAHARU, May 23, (Bernama) -- Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz wants its members, who are the party backbone, to focus more on strengthening unity in Umno than on contesting for posts in the coming party elections.
She said this was especially so now when the party was going through a troubled period.
Therefore, she suggested that it would be good if there would be no contest for the posts of Wanita divisional head and vice-head throughout the country in October.
She said the suggestion was made in the interest of the party and unity among members and not because of fear for contest.
"At the national level, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Wanita Umno vice-head) had stated that she would not contest for the Wanita top post. I hope the situation will be that.
"I am saying this not because I am afraid of competition. I had lost three times before in the contest for the post. But in the current situation, party unity is of prime importance.
"Remember, we are all in one ship. If we are always fighting, the ship will sink," she said after meeting Kelantan Wanita Umno members with several of the movement's national leaders and Kelantan Wanita Umno liaison chief Wan Hazani Wan Mohd Nor also present.
Rafidah said unity among the 1.3 Wanita Umno members must be preserved, especially in the aftermath of the March 8 general election.
She dismissed the possibility of Puteri Umno members who were absorbed into the Wanita wing, wanting to contest for posts, saying that they were mature enough to know what was best for the party right now.
-- BERNAMA
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