You’re wrong, precedent set by Perak crisis, PH tells AG

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PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan has doubled down on its criticism of Attorney-General Idrus Harun, saying he was wrong in stating that Muhyiddin Yassin remains the prime minister until his parliamentary majority is tested in Parliament.

The opposition coalition’s legal committee said that the loss of confidence in the prime minister need not be established only by a vote of confidence in Parliament.

They argued that a precedent was set by the 2009 Perak constitutional crisis where the Sultan appointed Zambry Abdul Kadir of Umno to succeed PAS’ Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin as menteri besar following a series of defections.

“The statement by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that his party is withdrawing its support for the Tan Sri Muhyiddin-led Perikatan Nasional government indicates very clearly that the PM has ceased to command the confidence of the majority of members of Parliament,” they said in a statement.

It was issued by William Leong, Sivarasa Rasiah, Fadhlina Sidek of PKR; Mohamed Hanipa Maidin, Muhammad Faiz Fadzil and Zulqarnain Lukman of Amanah and DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh.


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