KUALA LUMPUR: Umno will leave it to its disciplinary board to decide if action should be taken against Rembia assemblyman Jailani Khamis.
Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the matter was not discussed in the Umno Supreme Council Meeting tonight.
"We will leave the decision to the Umno disciplinary board to decide on any action towards him (Jailani)," he told reporters after the Umno Supreme Council meeting.
Previously, Jalani, in a letter to the Umno disciplinary board, had requested the party to sack him.
The former Melaka exco said he was puzzled as to how the letter, in response to a show cause letter for attending a Perikatan Nasional candidate announcement last month, had been spread to the media less than 24 hours after it was submitted.
Jailani is one of the two former Melaka exco members who had served under the previous chief minister but were not reappointed when Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh took over in March.
He had criticised Rauf's appointment and said he did not support him as the chief minister.
In March 2020, Jailani was among four former Pakatan Harapan assemblymen in Melaka who helped topple the state government, as PN and Barisan Nasional formed the state administration.
He was sacked by PKR in April 2020 and joined Umno in January 2021.