Emergency an admission of defeat by Muhyiddin, says Nazri

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KUALA LUMPUR: Today’s announcement of an emergency by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is an admission of defeat and shows he has lost the majority support, Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz said.

Nazri, who withdrew his support for the Perikatan Nasional government, said that Muhyiddin has to call for a general election as he does not have the majority support of the Dewan Rakyat.

“But as we all know, how can we hold an election during the current Covid-19 pandemic?” he asked.

“For me, when he (Muhyiddin) applied for the emergency, it means he admitted he has lost and no longer enjoys majority support. It’s logical for him to ask for an emergency,” he said at a press conference here today.

Nazri is the second Umno MP to retract his support for the PN government after Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub did so last week.

Nazri said he expects two or three more MPs to withdraw their support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has not stated his stand but did not support the 2021 budget proposal by the PN government.

At his press conference, Nazri said he had received many complaints from Umno grassroots over the way the party had been treated by the government.

Citing how 143 Umno divisions had submitted motions urging the party to break ties with PPBM, he said the next step was only formalising the motions to make it the official party stand.

This involves tabling the motion at the Umno annual general assembly.

“The Umno annual general assembly scheduled for Jan 31 now cannot be held, so I decided to make an announcement today.


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