No Intention To Quit Umno, Says Tengku Razaleigh - Bernama

ALOR STAR, May 19 (Bernama) -- Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said he would not follow Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's decision of quitting Umno although he opined that it might be a good decision to make Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi realise.

The Gua Musang Member of Parliament said he had no intention of leaving Umno and would contest the party president's post in December.

"If I quit the party, I can't contest the post," he told reporters after attending a gathering organised by the Kedah Malays Unity Organisation, here Monday.

Tengku Razaleigh said he sympathised with Dr Mahathir who had to quit the party in what he regarded was a sad situation.

"Dr Mahathair should not have made that decision, but what to do? He must have felt that there was no better way than to quit the party."

Tengku Razaleigh said he believed that Dr Mahathir made that decision because he was very angry with Abdullah for refusing to step down after repeatedly being told to do so.

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