Umno hopes that Putrajaya will uphold the principles of human rights, civil liberties, transparency and the rule of law during the emergency period.

In a statement today, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi also urged the government to take all the necessary steps to restore the functions of the Federal Constitution and parliamentary democracy, once the objectives of the emergency were achieved.

Zahid expressed hope that all emergency ordinances sought by the executive will be focused solely on handling the Covid-19 pandemic, given the reasons...