Umno grows bolder in charting its own path ahead of GE16
Umno's 2026 general assembly showed the party increasingly willing to set its own political direction after big wins in the Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections. Its president, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, pressed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to dissolve Parliament for GE16, while insisting Umno will stay in the unity government until the term ends. PKR responded by listing three options if Umno wants to leave the government.