Ezam’s next move: Umno Youth chief post?
By Zainal Epi, Free Malaysia Today
KUALA LUMPUR: Senator Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor may go for the Umno Youth chief’s post in the next party election, says former Batu Berendam MP Tamrin Ghafar.
He said Ezam needed a strong platform to climb up the party ladder.
“This is my reading of Ezam’s next move in politics. Handpicked by party president Najib Tun Razak to be a senator, he may feel he is capable of taking the Youth movement to a higher level.
“I will not be surprised if he is appointed a deputy minister in the next Cabinet reshuffle,” he added.
“I think he will be more interested in taking over Umno Youth than in contesting for a seat in the supreme council,” said Tamrin, the son of former deputy prime minister and deputy Umno president Ghafar Baba.
Ezam and two others – Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, executive chairman of Rahim & Co, and Noriah Mahat, Pagoh Wanita Umno chief – were appointed senators last Monday.
