Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The Prime Minister of Malaysia which was fought by Mühyiddin Yassin refused to resign on Wednesday after the key ally pulled support for him, but said he would look for a voice of confidence in parliament next month to prove his legitimacy to rule.
Shortly after the meeting with King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah at the Palace, said Mühyiddin on the national broadcast that he had been told by the king that eight parliamentarians from the main party in the ruler alliance had resigned for him.
The party, United Malay’s national organization, is the largest in the alliance with 38 parliamentarians, but divided by some do not support the prime minister.
President Umno stated on Tuesday that Muhyiddin lost the right to rule with the withdrawal of support from several members of the party parliament and after a Minister of Umno resigned.
Muhyiddin said he told the king that he had received a sufficient declaration of support from parliamentarians that “ convinced me that I still had majority support ‘in parliament.
He did not give any numbers.
Therefore, the problem of my resignation …
did not appear, “ he said.
Muhyiddin took power in March 2020 after starting the collapse of the former Reformist Government who won the 2018 election.
His part of his share with UMNO and several other people formed a new government but with the majority of razors.
But since January he has ruled by regulations without legislative approval, thank you, the suspension of parliament in an emergency stated because of a pandemic.
Critics said he used an emergency, which was expired on 1 August, to avoid sound in parliament which would show that he had lost most of the support.
Because persistent questions on their legitimacy, Muhyiddin said on Wednesday that the voice of trust in his leadership would be submitted for voting when the parliament continued next month.
“In this way, my position as Prime Minister and National Alliance as a powerful government can be determined in accordance with the law and the constitution,” he said.
His government had tried to avoid emergency expiration, and a five-day parliamentary session last week where there was no movement Allowed after a case of the virus was found among staff members.
The next parliament was sitting in September.