Kuala Lumpur: Former Bersatu deputy president Hamzah Zainudin has launched an all-out attack on party president Muhyiddin Yassin after being sacked by the disciplinary board on Friday.
Hamzah, at a gathering of over 500 supporters, said he still does not know why he was expelled from the party.
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“What ‘ghost’ is haunting this party?
“I was once his (Muhyiddin’s) number one supporter. Today, I want to say that I am his number one enemy,” he said at the gathering, held at the Persatuan Alumni Universiti Malaya Clubhouse Saturday. Hamzah said he had sacrificed a lot for Bersatu and the country.
“But you have unleashed your hired hounds on me. I am your biggest enemy now,” he said.
“Muhyiddin, you asked for my help, and I gave it. You asked me to contribute, even with my own money — and I did. All for the struggle, because I know that true struggle demands sacrifice.”
Hamzah said he has no desire to file an appeal against his sacking to Bersatu.
“I want to see a better future. We need a reset. We want to build this nation,” he said, calling for his “friends” to support him in the cause.
Hamzah is among 17 Bersatu leaders sacked from the party amid a leadership tussle between him and Muhyiddin.
Bersatu secretary-general Azmin Ali had said the disciplinary board revoked Hamzah’s membership after finding that he had violated Clause 9.1.4 of the party’s constitution, which requires members to comply with its constitution, code of ethics and code of conduct.
Hamzah had been summoned to appear before the board following complaints that he attempted to sabotage the party’s 2025 annual general assembly and had undermined the leadership.
He had missed the disciplinary board hearing on Thursday as he was in Sydney, Australia.
Hamzah’s private secretary Ahmad Ikhwan Fadhli said he was already overseas when he received the notice on Feb 7 and immediately informed the disciplinary board that he could not attend.
A notice dated Feb 6 said this was the second summons, following an earlier one issued in October last year.
When asked whether he would return to Umno or form a new party, he said it was a possibility.
“As to whether I am part of Perikatan Nasional or not, I am now a free man but I do not make decisions on my own.
It is not Bersatu which decides who is the Opposition Leader, but it is the opposition MPs who decide that,” he added.
“However, I will not urge my supporters to leave the party but I call on them to support my new struggle for the nation. I may not be the head of this struggle but I am the captain for now.
“What is important is that they provide enough support for us to do what we want in the future. That struggle is more important,” said Hamzah.
When asked to elaborate, Hamzah merely said that his struggle is “to build this nation together with a new national consensus for all races”.
