KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 -- Selangor Umno Chief Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Omardin said there is no need for Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to give in to the pressure to resign as he is the most qualified person to lead the party.

In an interview with Utusan Malaysia, he said Zahid had never abused his position and had always allowed democracy to prevail.

"Who else would you give the presidency to? Give me the name of who else is qualified. I once asked if Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is not qualified then who is qualified?

"In all my years in the party's supreme council, he has never used his position to prevent democracy in Umno. The door to democracy is always open," he was quoted as saying.

He also recalled that in recent...