Power inside Perikatan Nasional just imploded, and Sunday’s closed-door session could redraw Malaysia’s opposition map in one swoop.
Extraordinary meeting at PAS HQ
Extraordinary meeting at PAS HQ
- Perikatan Nasional’s Supreme Council is gathering at 3 pm today.
- The session is happening at the PAS headquarters in the city.
- Leaders are expected to lock in a fresh chairman on Sunday.
- That move follows Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin stepping aside two months ago.
- PAS is tipped to replace Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia at the top.
- Gerakan and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party reportedly gave their nod.
- Since February 2020, Bersatu had steered the coalition ship.
- Dewan Rakyat math favors PAS with 43 seats under its belt.
- Five Bersatu assemblymen and three from PAS ditched a PAS-led Perlis government.
- PAS instantly booted its trio, while Bersatu held back.
- Kuala Perlis rep Abu Bakar Hamzah later headed the new state setup.
- Fallout from that mess pushed Muhyiddin to resign on January 1.
- Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin got axed alongside 16 aligned leaders.
- Muhyiddin framed the purge as shielding Bersatu from sabotage.
- Hamzah fired off a Reset campaign and challenged Muhyiddin openly.
- Ronald Kiandee and Mas Ermieyati Samsudin are counted among his backers.
- Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man voiced sympathy for Hamzah’s plight.
- Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said PAS would consider a formal application.
- Although options remain open, Hamzah has not ruled out jumping ship.
- Before Bersatu in 2019, he had roots in the Umno Cabinets.
- Takiyuddin Hassan outlined approval of Muhyiddin’s exit and the naming a successor.
- Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang previously declined the top post.
- Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is widely floated as a contender.
- A quiet sit-down between Samsuri and Muhyiddin fueled the chatter.
