Annuar likens Tok Mat's speech to views of someone outside govt

Senior Umno leaders should not talk about the date of the 15th general election (GE15) in public, Umno’s Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa said.

Commenting on the speech of the party deputy president Mohamad Hasan during the launch of the annual general assemblies (AGMs) for Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings last night, Annuar said that openly discussing the election date was "very out of place".

He said that it would only spark polemics. Only the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, he added, has the right to decide on the election date and the prime minister may only advise...