KUALA LUMPUR: Umno is keeping DAP in check in the unity government, a Selangor Umno delegate said today, and questioned the continued use of the “UmDAP” label to denigrate Umno’s relationship with DAP as a government coalition partner.
Selayang Umno chief Hasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican said Umno has been a bulwark for Malay-Muslim interests in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration.
“We have not given in (to DAP’s demands), so why are we still being called UmDAP?” he asked in his speech at the Umno general assembly today. He cited Umno’s opposition to DAP’s push for the revival of local council elections, recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate and passing of the Urban Renewal Bill 2025.