Bera: Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates should focus on winning the 15th General Election (GE15) instead of discussing matters on Umno election, caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.
Ismail Sabri, who is also Umno vice-president, said UMNO still has sufficient time to hold the party election.
"After GE15, we have six months to decide the party leadership. At that time, we could discuss (this)," he told a media conference after attending the 'Sembang Santai' programme in Mengkarak here today.
Ismail Sabri, who is also UMNO vice-president, said whatever the rank in the party would not matter if BN loses in GE15.
"Talking about party election would only lead to arguments among ourselves. Every party leader has his own followers. Clashes would only be detrimental to the party.
"We do not want such matters to distract our work to win the election. Forget about party elections, about who is going to be the president, deputy president vice president, supreme council member and so on,' he said.
Ismail Sabri was commenting on the statement of Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin who was reported by the media as believing that he needs to become UMNO president if he was to continue leading the country's administration after GE15.
