Lawyers say Umno snub leaves Muhyiddin’s Perikatan govt in a delicate balancing act | Malay Mail

Lawyers say Umno snub leaves Muhyiddin’s Perikatan govt in a delicate balancing act

Thursday, 30 Jul 2020 06:21 PM MYTLawyer Lim Wei Jiet says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin now leads a shaky minority government beholden to BN and PAS, who provide over two-thirds of the seats in the loose coalition the Pagoh MP scrambled to form in March. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Lim Wei Jiet, a constitutional lawyer, said the Pagoh MP now leads a shaky minority government beholden to BN and PAS, who provide over two-thirds of the seats in the loose coalition Muhyiddin scrambled to form in March. “It does not change anything in Parliament in the sense that the government would not fall because there is technically still support from Umno MPs towards Muhyiddin as prime minister,” the lawyer added.Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today that his party will no longer be a PN component member although its MPs will continue to back Muhyiddin in Parliament.

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