Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party has decided that all of its ministers, deputy ministers and heads of government-linked companies will relinquish their positions if the emergency ordinances are allowed to remain in effect beyond Aug 1.

He said this when conveying the party's insistence that the emergency proclamation and ordinances must be repealed during the special Parliament sitting tomorrow.

Citing the Federal Constitution, Zahid (above) noted that according...