08-08-2021, 09:30 AM
What's next for our MPs: Wait for the confidence vote in Parliament or band together and appoint a PM-designate now?
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IPOH, Aug 8 — Does Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin still enjoy the confidence of the majority in Parliament? He says yes and will prove it when Parliament reconvenes in September.
Muhyiddin insisted he had the required majority support from lawmakers, in the form of statutory declarations (SDs), to continue as the prime minister, after a few Umno MPs had withdrawn their support for Perikatan Nasional (PN) and him as the prime minister.
Perak Opposition leader Abdul Aziz Bari said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin only remains as prime minister now because the Opposition bloc in Parliament did not have a designated prime minister despite commanding the majority.
Aziz Bari said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has to exercise his discretion by selecting the biggest group of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat with a designated candidate for the prime minister’s post.
“The scenario in Parliament now is that PN only has 103 MPs but they have a prime minister.
“The problem with the balance 117 MPs is that they only say ‘No’ to PN, but with no prime minister designate.
“Though we know 89 MPs (Pakatan Harapan) from this 117 agree to have Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the prime minister,” he said.
Aziz Bari said that the most practical way to solve the deadlock is for the 117 MPs to declare their support for Anwar, who is also the PKR president, as prime minister.
Muhyiddin insisted he had the required majority support from lawmakers, in the form of statutory declarations (SDs), to continue as the prime minister, after a few Umno MPs had withdrawn their support for Perikatan Nasional (PN) and him as the prime minister.
Perak Opposition leader Abdul Aziz Bari said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin only remains as prime minister now because the Opposition bloc in Parliament did not have a designated prime minister despite commanding the majority.
Aziz Bari said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has to exercise his discretion by selecting the biggest group of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat with a designated candidate for the prime minister’s post.
“The scenario in Parliament now is that PN only has 103 MPs but they have a prime minister.
“The problem with the balance 117 MPs is that they only say ‘No’ to PN, but with no prime minister designate.
“Though we know 89 MPs (Pakatan Harapan) from this 117 agree to have Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the prime minister,” he said.
Aziz Bari said that the most practical way to solve the deadlock is for the 117 MPs to declare their support for Anwar, who is also the PKR president, as prime minister.