07-08-2021, 02:37 PM
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PETALING JAYA: Port Dickson MP Anwar Ibrahim should be given the preference to form the next government since his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition is the single largest bloc in the Dewan Rakyat with 88 members, a former deputy minister said.
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional (PN) is now left with only 76 MPs after Umno officially withdrew its support for him.
Until the Umno supreme council decided to withdraw its support early this morning, the prime minister is believed to have had the support of some 114 MPs compared to the opposition’s 106.
Umno is the largest bloc in Muhyiddin’s government with 38 MPs although several individuals from the party, such as Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub and Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, had earlier withdrawn support.
Hanipa, the deputy law minister under the 22-month old PH administration, said that if all 38 MPs followed Umno’s directive, Muhyiddin was only left with 76 MPs.
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