PM Najib Will Be Making An Important Announcement Today
Speculations doing the round said the announcement will be about GE14.
By Sadho Ram — 17 Sep 2017, 04:41 PM
Najib's important announcement: Mat Taib rejoins UMNO
Riding high on the much-publicised media conference about his major announcement, PM Najib revealed that former UMNO, who had quit the party, "realises the futility of opposition cause" and will rejoin UMNO.
Mat Taib a.k.a. Muhammad Muhammad Taib was with PKR after he had quit UMNO.
The former Selangor chief minister is now back with UMNO again.
Today at 4.45pm, 17 September, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is set to make a major announcement at a media conference be held at UMNO HQs at Menara Dato' Onn in Kuala Lumpur
The media conference will be attended by all UMNO supreme council members, who had received an invitation on Saturday night from the party secretary-general.
While UMNO officials were tight-lipped about the agenda of Najib's media conference, there was speculation that Najib will call for the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the 14th General Election.
However, that speculation has been vehemently denied by DPM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Zahid has instead urged the people to wait for the announcement from the proper source instead of believing any false news
He called on those spreading the fake news to stop doing so.
Zahid, who cut short his working visit to Perlis in order to attend the media conference today, was speaking at the Arau UMNO division delegates meeting.
The 12th and 13th GE were announced at the Prime Minister's Department in the presence of cabinet ministers. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that the Prime Minister will break the convention by making the announcement during a press conference.
However, the major announcement, while not directly about the 14 General Elections, it could be about a person or a party coming onboard the BN collision to join forces, according to a Channel NewsAsia reporter.
PM Najib had just arrived for the press conference
PM @NajibRazak tiba di ibu pejabat UMNO di Menara Dato Onn untuk satu sidang media khas petang ini pic.twitter.com/0HlC0r2Dwi
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