Upon discovering that day itself that the purpose of the meeting was to allow Singapore to secede, Albar left Parliament House, not participating in the final unanimous vote. As this was directly contrary to his orders, the Tunku insisted on sacking Albar as UMNO Secretary-General, but was later persuaded to permit Albar to graciously resign instead.
Upon discovering that the meeting's goal was Singapore's secession, Albar left Parliament House without voting. Since this deviated from Tunku's instructions, he was dismissed as UMNO Secretary-General but eventually resigned gracefully instead.