PETALING JAYA: The decision by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to allow Datuk Seri Azmin Ali to chair Cabinet meetings whenever he is absent may be a sign that he is the most trusted one among the four appointed senior ministers, according to analysts.
This could be an indication that Azmin was the leader with the most potential to succeed Muhyiddin as premier, said Prof Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi of Universiti Malaya.
He also said that Muhyiddin’s decision had raised an alarm in Umno that it must secure the prime minister’s position if Perikatan Nasional wins in the 15th General Election, as Umno has the most seats in Perikatan. Dr Oh Ei Sun, adjunct senior fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, believed that Muhyiddin’s intentions was to prevent a repeat of incidents of deputy prime ministers becoming emboldened in wanting to unseat the No. 1.
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