{"id":11862,"date":"2021-10-03T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T01:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11862"},"modified":"2021-10-03T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T01:20:11","slug":"putrajaya-bersatu-not-affected-by-ex-division-chief-rejoining-umno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11862","title":{"rendered":"Putrajaya Bersatu not affected by ex-division chief rejoining UMNO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 &#8212;\u00a0 Former Putrajaya Bersatu chief Datuk Seri Erwan Mohd Tahir\u2019s move to rejoin UMNO will not affect the division, party secretary-general\u00a0Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement today, Hamzah said the\u00a0Putrajaya division leadership and grassroots were still on solid footing despite Erwan\u2019s resignation from the party, adding that division deputy chief\u00a0Fathul Azam Hashim had been discharging the duties as division head.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-09.17.53.png\" alt=\"putrajaya\" class=\"wp-image-11863\" width=\"478\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-09.17.53.png 587w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-09.17.53-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-09.17.53-185x100.png 185w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-03-at-09.17.53-350x189.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe former Putrajaya division chief\u2019s move to rejoin UMNO has not&nbsp;affected Putrajaya Bersatu as he had already quit the party on Oct 10 last year after losing the contest for the vice-president\u2019s post in the party elections,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The media quoted Erwan as saying that he had quit Bersatu and rejoined UMNO with immediate effect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\">NMT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 &#8212;\u00a0 Former Putrajaya Bersatu chief Datuk Seri Erwan Mohd Tahir\u2019s 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