KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Umno has urged DAP to resolve its differences with coalition partners through dialogue and consultation, instead of issuing public ultimatums or demanding resignations, following the controversy over Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s conditional pardon.

Umno information chief Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, described DAP chairman Gobind Singh Deo’s call for Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to resign if he did not support Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s leadership, as regrettable and unhelpful to the unity government’s stability.

“Issuing public ultimatums to the president of a coalition partner is neither constructive nor consistent with the spirit of the Coalition Agreement,” she said in a statement today.