The Pasir Salak MP said he would officially announce the post he would be contesting at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Tajuddin said he was confident that his 42 years’ of experience as an Umno member would enable him to help revive the glory days of the party.

“I hope the Umno leadership elected this time round will comprise those who really understand today’s challenges and what needs to be done to face them.

“To me, the Umno leadership is very important because it will lead 3.7 million Umno members to continue the party’s struggle,” he told reporters after chairing a meeting of the Pasir Salak Umno division committee here last night.

Tajuddin said the Barisan Nasional defeat in the 14th general election was not due to its failure to look after the people and develop the country, but because of the political ploys of the then opposition parties.

“Although we lost at the national level and in several states, the support of the Malays for Umno is still strong because we won 54 seats and we are the political party with the most number of seats,” he said.

The former deputy agriculture and agro-based industry minister joined Umno in 1976 and has been the head of the Pasir Salak Umno division since 2004.