Defying own party, 27 Umno MPs join four BN colleagues to back Muhyiddin, Perikatan govt
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur August 6, 2021. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 ― A total of 31 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs declared their support for the sitting government until the Parliament reconvenes to decide Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s majority.
Leading the pack, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that any attempt to topple the current government would allegedly be against Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree to prove prime minister’s majority in September.
Out of the 31, 27 were from BN’s dominant component Umno ― in opposition to the party’s resolution to pull support from the coalition.
A total of 21 MPs were present today, with the remaining 10 pledging their support in absentia.
This left a total of 11 Umno MPs who are still toeing the party line.
The announcement came after Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called for the party’s lawmakers to retract their support for the current government and prime minister.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 ― A total of 31 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs declared their support for the sitting government until the Parliament reconvenes to decide Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s majority.
Leading the pack, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that any attempt to topple the current government would allegedly be against Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree to prove prime minister’s majority in September.
Out of the 31, 27 were from BN’s dominant component Umno ― in opposition to the party’s resolution to pull support from the coalition.
A total of 21 MPs were present today, with the remaining 10 pledging their support in absentia.
This left a total of 11 Umno MPs who are still toeing the party line.
The announcement came after Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called for the party’s lawmakers to retract their support for the current government and prime minister.
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From FMT:
Supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin:
Supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin:
- Khairy Jamaluddin (Rembau)
- Reezal Merican Naina Merican (Kepala Batas)
- Hishammuddin Hussein (Sembrong)
- Mohamad Alamin (Kimanis)
- Dr Adham Baba (Tenggara)
- Zahidi Zainul Abidin (Padang Besar)
- Jalaluddin Alias (Jelebu),
- Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (Putrajaya)
- Wee Jeck Seng (Tanjung Piai)
- Arthur Joseph Kurup (Pensiangan)
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Bera)
- Nizar Zakaria (Parit)
- Nazri Aziz (Padang Rengas)
- Shahidan Kassim (Arau)
- Halimah Mohamed Sadique (Kota Tinggi)
- Wee Ka Siong (Ayer Hitam)
- M Saravanan (Tapah)
- Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (Pasir Salak)
- Mahdzir Khalid (Padang Terap)
- Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (Baling)
- Annuar Musa (Ketereh)
- Mastura Mohd Yazid (Kuala Kangsar)
- Hasan Arifin (Rompin)
- Ahmad Hamzah (Jasin)
- Noh Omar (Tanjong Karang)
- Ismail Mohamed Said (Kuala Krau)
- Abdul Rahman Mohamad (Lipis)
- Salim Shariff (Jempol)
- Ismail Abdul Muttalib (Maran)
- Idris Jusoh (Besut)
- Mohd Shahar Abdullah (Paya Besar)
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kt notes:
I have to say I'm disappointed with Nazri Aziz's current allegiance - He's one of my fave UMNO man (besides previously Abdullah Saifuddin) but for Nazri to ally himself with Mahia has been a great disappointment, anyway to me personally.
As for MCA, what else can a 2-MP party do other than to suck up to the main power. Unfortunately, for this once "for Chinese" party, MCA is on its way out, as per the analysis of Oh Ei Sun.
MCA president Wee Ka Siong and his Umno counterpart, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, at the MCA’s annual general meeting in December 2019.
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) component party MCA has no choice but to continue supporting the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government under Muhyiddin Yassin, despite his shaky majority, an analyst said.
Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said MCA, which currently has two seats – Ayer Hitam and Tanjung Piai – would have to hold onto whatever it has “as much as it could and for as long as it could”.
He said there is no certainty as to who Umno would align with next.
Umno withdrew support for PN this week following allegations that Muhyiddin misled the Yang di-Pertuan Agong over the revocation of the emergency ordinances.
“What if Umno is planning to ally itself with DAP? If so, MCA may be reduced to perhaps not having a lot of the political appointments as it enjoys now,” Oh said.
He said Muhyiddin has been generous to MCA, appointing both its elected MPs to his government – party president Wee Ka Siong as a minister, and Wee Jeck Seng as a deputy minister.
However, Oh said, this support would come at a cost in the next general election, as MCA would not be able to depend on PN’s grassroots, now mainly consisting of Bersatu and PAS, for votes.
He said that, realistically, MCA would not stand a chance against DAP.
“Over the past year, have they done anything (to win the support of the Chinese community)? Nobody has heard of much.
“Even Bersatu can’t depend on PAS grassroots, especially to contend in Malay-majority seats, what more MCA?
“There is no hope for them in the next general election. We’re talking about zero.”
MCA stalwart Yap Pian Hon said the party has no choice but to continue supporting the government, given that no single party at the moment has a convincing majority.
“Even now, Muhyiddin’s Bersatu cannot control Parliament, unless it teams up with others. If not, no single party has control of the government. What should MCA do? This is their dilemma.”
He said the party leadership must therefore retain its support for the government, as it is the only Chinese representation in the ruling coalition.
“We cannot let the interests of the Chinese community be left outside of the mainstream,” he said.
Yap said MCA can only “try their best” in the upcoming elections, adding that they may have “a good chance” against DAP.
“We have a good chance, the Chinese community is in a dilemma. They see the political situation in DAP now … even they could not represent the interests of the Chinese fully during their 22 months in government.”
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) component party MCA has no choice but to continue supporting the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government under Muhyiddin Yassin, despite his shaky majority, an analyst said.
Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs said MCA, which currently has two seats – Ayer Hitam and Tanjung Piai – would have to hold onto whatever it has “as much as it could and for as long as it could”.
He said there is no certainty as to who Umno would align with next.
Umno withdrew support for PN this week following allegations that Muhyiddin misled the Yang di-Pertuan Agong over the revocation of the emergency ordinances.
“What if Umno is planning to ally itself with DAP? If so, MCA may be reduced to perhaps not having a lot of the political appointments as it enjoys now,” Oh said.
He said Muhyiddin has been generous to MCA, appointing both its elected MPs to his government – party president Wee Ka Siong as a minister, and Wee Jeck Seng as a deputy minister.
However, Oh said, this support would come at a cost in the next general election, as MCA would not be able to depend on PN’s grassroots, now mainly consisting of Bersatu and PAS, for votes.
He said that, realistically, MCA would not stand a chance against DAP.
“Over the past year, have they done anything (to win the support of the Chinese community)? Nobody has heard of much.
“Even Bersatu can’t depend on PAS grassroots, especially to contend in Malay-majority seats, what more MCA?
“There is no hope for them in the next general election. We’re talking about zero.”
MCA stalwart Yap Pian Hon said the party has no choice but to continue supporting the government, given that no single party at the moment has a convincing majority.
“Even now, Muhyiddin’s Bersatu cannot control Parliament, unless it teams up with others. If not, no single party has control of the government. What should MCA do? This is their dilemma.”
He said the party leadership must therefore retain its support for the government, as it is the only Chinese representation in the ruling coalition.
“We cannot let the interests of the Chinese community be left outside of the mainstream,” he said.
Yap said MCA can only “try their best” in the upcoming elections, adding that they may have “a good chance” against DAP.
“We have a good chance, the Chinese community is in a dilemma. They see the political situation in DAP now … even they could not represent the interests of the Chinese fully during their 22 months in government.”
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So many Chinese forgave Toonsie in GE14, re-elected him as PM. They can still forgive MCA & Wee KHAT Siong if even at this late stage they rejek racis PN gomen. But now this won't happen.
ReplyDeleteI agree with KT's sense of disappointment with Nazri. Of all the MPs, I thought Nazri would be able to see that Muhyiddin was only buying time with the Sep confidence motion. And he was always a maverick and I thought with a sense of justice. He was never cowed even by the old buffoon.
ReplyDeleteMCA has over RM 1 Billion in assets.
ReplyDeleteThat huge pile of cash isn't going anywhere.
Zombie or not, You can survive a long time with that kind of money.
You have to read what Nazri has said. That's the real him on show, and it's clear he is purely a power player, no principles whatsoever.
Najib talks big on social media, but my bet is in actual Parliament, he will not vote No Confidence in the Mahia Government.
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