KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s unresolved political drama - simmering on the sidelines since the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government as the ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s unresolved political drama - simmering on the sidelines since the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government as the nation focused on tackling COVID-19 - now appears to be back in the spotlight.
For Dr Mahathir, he has lost his incumbency advantage, having caused the collapse of the PH administration through his resignation. “Right now, the parliament can’t even hold a proper debate on His Majesty’s speech this May 18, which is basically the government’s agenda for 2020, because of worries that it might not be approved by the parliament,” said the Johor UMNO deputy chairman.
Dr Lee Kuok Tiung from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, said the RM250 billion stimulus packages had won the Prime Minister public support. However, Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, a political science professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, said that the prime minister needs to overcome the impression that he took power via a backdoor.
“We are living in modern times, and many democracies, the latest being the United Kingdom, have gone online … What’s the problem with holding an online parliamentary session and showing accountability that way?” he said. Dr Mahathir Mohamad attends a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Mar 1, 2020, after Muhyiddin Yassin was appointed as Malaysia's next prime minister by the king.
In addition, PKR has since been going through a round of housekeeping and defections, involving those aligned with former party deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali, now a senior minister in the PN Cabinet. On one hand, he explained, the party needs to restructure itself at the grassroots level, and also set the party to rights.
Mr Anwar’s move to work with Dr Mahathir now, would have the effect of preventing further defections of elected PH representatives to the prime minister’s camp. Malaysia's former deputy premier and UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 25, 2018 Dr Adham later clarified that he had meant to say 500 participants, and that were about 50 participating countries in that conference call.
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