The deputy president of non-governmental organisation Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (Amanah) said he wanted to return to active politics and continue the struggle of past Umno leaders.
The three-term Kulim-Bandar Baru MP resigned from Umno on March 19 after 56 years with the party. He had been under fire over claims of vote-buying in his former constituency in the 2008 general election.
Asked whether he would accept any invitation, including from Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to join the Pakatan coalition, he said: “Many have persuaded me to join (the Opposition) but I try not to make a decision based on persuasion.
“I am with Amanah. I have yet to decide on other matters. “If they (Pakatan leaders) are persuasive enough, I may take up the offer,” he said at his office here yesterday.
The former Umno supreme council member said the party had deviated from the aims and intentions that were charted by the founding fathers of Umno and the country.
“The Umno of yesteryear stood for the basic rights of citizens, which included freedom of speech and expression, freedom of political association and freedom of assembly, among others.
“I want to bring back those noble causes,” he added.
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