KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will tender his resignation to the King on Monday (Aug 16), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Mohd Redzuan Yusof, as reported by news site Malaysiakini.
The premier made known his decision when he met lawmakers from his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia at the headquarters of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) alliance in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday morning, said Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan.
“We just finished the meeting. Tomorrow, there will be a special Cabinet meeting. After that, he will head to Istana Negara to submit his resignation,” he told Malaysiakini.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin was scheduled to have an audience with the King on Monday afternoon, when the ruler was widely expected to pressure him to immediately hold a confidence vote in Parliament or step down. Mr Muhyiddin had initially hoped to test his majority only on Sept 7, the scheduled date for the confidence vote.
Malaysia’s ruling pact had resumed a series of meetings on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to cling on to power, after Mr Muhyiddin’s offer of concessions to rival parties in return for their support was rejected outright.
After a full day of closed-door discussions on Saturday, PN lawmakers holed up at the pact’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, seeking to salvage the situation after Mr Muhyiddin’s gambit on Friday failed to restore the pact’s parliamentary majority.
It is estimated that Mr Muhyiddin has the backing of 100 MPs, while there are 88 in opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan, 15 in Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s camp and another 17 in various opposition parties largely loyal to former premier Mahathir Mohamad.
A simple majority of 111 lawmakers is required to govern, with two wards currently lying vacant in the 222-seat Parliament.
The Straits Times understands that those in Umno who have so far ignored Zahid’s directive to pull out of PN want to replace Mr Muhyiddin with a prime minister candidate from their own ranks. Mr Muhyiddin heads Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
Should all of Umno’s 38 lawmakers rally behind their new candidate along with the other ruling parties, the PN majority would be restored with 115 MPs.
While deputy premier Ismail Sabri Yaakob as Umno vice-president is the most senior party figure for the job, Malaysia’s longest-serving lawmaker Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is seen as the most widely accepted compromise candidate.
Sources across the political divide have revealed that the Kelantan prince, popularly known as Ku Li, is favoured not just by MPs from various parties, but also among Malaysia’s royals.
The King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, plays a key role in resolving this latest political crisis as he is tasked constitutionally to appoint a prime minister who can command the confidence of Parliament.
Meanwhile, the pool of about 120 MPs currently outside of government have yet to coalesce behind a prime minister candidate.
While Datuk Seri Anwar has been endorsed for the top job by his 88-strong PH coalition, most lawmakers outside of PH are either opposed to his leadership, or bound by Umno’s resolution earlier this year not to team up with him or the Democratic Action Party, the largest component in PH.
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2021-08-15 02:40:03Z
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