Naming Ismail Sabri as PM candidate Umno’s gambit aimed at unity and wooing voters wanting ‘stability’, analysts suggest | Malay Mail

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Naming Ismail Sabri as PM candidate Umno’s gambit aimed at unity and wooing voters wanting ‘stability’, analysts suggest

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 ― Umno’s decision to name its vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as its sole prime minister candidate is meant to contain factional tension within the party and avoid alienating voters wary of political instability, according to political analysts.

The “court cluster”, a derogatory term coined by political rivals, refers to Zahid and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Both of them are on trial for dozens of corruption charges, with Najib already convicted for misappropriating RM42 million of public monies through SRC International, a subsidiary of 1MDB.

The Malay nationalist outfit, while on a resurgent form, is beset by talks of friction between camps eager to hold a general election as soon as this year and those who have rallied behind Ismail and demand that he stay longer as prime minister. “This shows that when it reaches a certain level they have agreement and compromise to ensure that Umno wins big when the opposition is not in line with each other,” he said.

When asked to reveal who would be Umno’s choice for prime minister, Zahid said that any of the party’s top five leaders could be a candidate: he himself, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.

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They have no choice .... but pre-GE choice may not necessarily be their post-GE choice. And this time the rakyat is not stupid and will not be deceived again.

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