Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi believes both Felda Global Ventures chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and the company's CEO Zakaria Arshad should voluntarily resign from the company.

"Choose the dignified path. Let new blood take over and continue efforts to ensure that FGV benefits the 'shareholders', especially Felda settlers," he posted on his Facebook page today.

He said it was unlikely that the duo could ever work together again, following the FGV board's decision to suspend Zakaria, and they must be separated.

"They shouldn't have to wait for the prime minister to intervene... They must be separated," added Puad, who is also the head of the Special Affairs Department (Jasa), the communications unit of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry...