(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article misattributed the comments reported in this article to Dr Akmal Saleh. Akmal was merely re-sharing another person’s post. We apologise for the error.)

Is a political party’s direction decided solely by its president?

That is the poser raised in a social media post, which was re-shared by Dr Akmal Saleh, after Wanita Umno exco member Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid told the Umno Youth chief that the party’s future is not for Umno Youth alone to decide.

In the post, published by an internet user claiming to be an Umno member, the individual asserted that he did not join the party to be a yes-man.

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