KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - Bersatu's supreme leadership council has set Dec 18 and 19 for the party's annual general assembly, says its secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin.

       He said the assembly would be conducted physically and virtually (hybrid), depending on approval as well as the Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the authorities.

       "Besides that, the branch annual general meetings will be held from Oct 9 to 30, while the divisional AGMs will be from Nov 12 to 14," he said in a statement on Thursday (Sept 30).

       Meanwhile, he said that through the leadership council meeting chaired by Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Wednesday (Sept 29), the council unanimously agreed to appoint Segamat MP Datuk Seri Dr Santhara Kumar as the first head of the party's Allied Wing.

       During the meeting, the council also congratulated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and the government on the tabling of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Sept 27), he said.

       On the appointment of Muhyiddin as the chairman of the National Recovery Council (NRC), Hamzah said Bersatu was confident that it could help the government plan and implement all policies and initiatives to bring the country out of the Covid-19 pandemic.- Bernama