Umno leaders are having meetings with party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on the possibility of pulling out their support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
PETALING JAYA: Several Umno leaders have been in a huddle at the party headquarters at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre since noon today to discuss leaving the Perikatan Nasional-led (PN) government, a source from Umno has confirmed.
The source told FMT that they were there with Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to discuss withdrawing support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin before Aug 1.
“The meeting started at noon. They met in stages in small groups. It’s about pulling the plug,” he said.
On July 2, a party source said Umno was expected to retract support for the PN-led government with the majority of supreme council members stating their agreement with the move after meetings with Zahid.
Last month, Umno issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Perikatan Nasional-led government to follow the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s advice on reconvening Parliament.
The deadline ends today but Muhyiddin announced earlier that the Dewan Rakyat will sit on July 26.
Umno is the biggest bloc in the government.
One Umno MP who has backtracked and expressed his support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz.
Nazri had also recently claimed that the majority of Barisan Nasional MPs have lost confidence in Zahid.
PETALING JAYA: Several Umno leaders have been in a huddle at the party headquarters at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre since noon today to discuss leaving the Perikatan Nasional-led (PN) government, a source from Umno has confirmed.
The source told FMT that they were there with Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to discuss withdrawing support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin before Aug 1.
“The meeting started at noon. They met in stages in small groups. It’s about pulling the plug,” he said.
On July 2, a party source said Umno was expected to retract support for the PN-led government with the majority of supreme council members stating their agreement with the move after meetings with Zahid.
Last month, Umno issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Perikatan Nasional-led government to follow the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s advice on reconvening Parliament.
The deadline ends today but Muhyiddin announced earlier that the Dewan Rakyat will sit on July 26.
Umno is the biggest bloc in the government.
One Umno MP who has backtracked and expressed his support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz.
Nazri had also recently claimed that the majority of Barisan Nasional MPs have lost confidence in Zahid.
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