Only Dewan votes matter, not claims of support, says analyst

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PETALING JAYA: Any numbers being tossed about over support for the prime minister would be meaningless outside of Parliament, says a political analyst.

Jeniri Amir, a fellow with the National Council of Professors, said that even Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s claim of 40 Barisan Nasional MPs backing Muhyiddin Yassin is in question.

He said recent reports had put a lower figure of 30 MPs supposedly backing the prime minister through statutory declarations.

Even then, he told FMT, statutory declarations can change within a day, which means that the number would keep on evolving.

“So, we can’t definitively come up with a figure on how many MPs still support Muhyiddin,” he said. Numbers stated outside of a parliamentary vote were meaningless.


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