YOURSAY | ‘Whatever govt with same PM will make no difference’

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Manjit Bhatia: Political scientist Wong Chin Huat said: "To break the stalemate without breaking democracy, there are only two realistic solutions: first, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin reaching out to the opposition, whether Pakatan Harapan, Warisan or other minor parties for a Confidence and Supply Agreement (CSA) to secure a comfortable majority that enables governance.

“Second, Umno reaching out to Harapan to gather a positive majority and go to the palace."

Forget the second option. It's a long shot. Too long, too desperate, and too many "voters" will read it for what it is not.
Which brings me to Wong’s first option - the CSA handing Muhyiddin a majority to "govern". Three things:

a) Will any such agreement stick, and for how long? What will it take to rescind it, and thus the so-called majority to "govern"? This leads to…

b) Is the regime truly capable of "governing" a country that has been without a rudder and a captain? We're talking not just of a country with a triple crisis up to its eyeballs but an ungovernable beast if…

c) One considers that the regime has demonstrated - and I mean demonstrated - that it is thoroughly incompetent to govern, that it does not know the meaning of "governing", and has shown only its interest in regime survival and nothing more.

Its stunning incompetence is glaring to even a blind person. Everything it has tried to "govern" has turned into sewerage. Does it then mean that if the regime was to "win" a majority that it will by some miracle begin to govern competently, even if it secures a CSA.

Perhaps Wong should look at the government’s spending of public (taxpayers') monies, at the regime’s fiscal policy, if it has ever had one, and Bank Negara's monetary policy (if it's still buying bonds big time to keep the economy relatively/minimally liquid).

How much has it spent to keep its crony-infested state firms (government-linked companies) operational while legitimate private businesses are forced to close?

IndigoJaguar7545: Wong said: “But Muhyiddin must behave as a minority PM, not acting as if he still has a majority.”

Muhyiddin, it seems, would rather rush into a constitutional crisis than do anything of the sort.

You do realise Muhyiddin has likely been a minority PM since February 2020. How has the minority PM governed since then? Do you believe he has taken that into account?

Come on, you want me to believe Muhyiddin will govern differently now? He will simply be far more foolish, unsure who to trust.

Kim Quek: Muhyiddin is compelled by law to resign when he loses the support of the majority of MPs - it’s as simple as that.

Article 43(4) of the Federal Constitution is crystal clear on this issue, and there is no room for Muhyiddin to wriggle away from this iron-clad constitutional dictate.

Over the coming days, Muhyiddin’s acute deficiency of parliamentary majority will become too glaring to hide, failing which, the guillotine will fall when Parliament reconvenes shortly.

Once the PM is removed, things may unfold beyond most people’s expectations.


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