KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 8 -- Recently dismissed Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa has slammed those in his party Umno for calling for a snap election amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Umno MP labelled such a move a show of greed for power and insensitivity towards the struggling public, while denying that it is the will of the party's grassroots.

"Urging for elections when the people and the country are struggling with Covid-19, floods, the economy, clearly reflects not only the irresponsibility, but also the hunger for power and the lack of sensitivity to the people's suffering.

"That is not the will of the grassroots," Annuar posted in his Twitter account yesterday.

Just earlier this week, Umno minister Khairy Jam...