Malaysia politics is so messy and complicated, you’d rather memorise the periodic table ten times than to understand what’s going on over there.
But fret not; we’ve a solution.
Watch this video to the end and this article (plus all other articles you read about Malaysia politics) will all make sense:
Done?
So, you probably know what happens now: the current PM might not have the support of the majority of the MPs to remain as the PM, which leads to this:
M’sia PM Reportedly Going to Tender Resignation Tomorrow (16 Aug)
Malaysia news website Malaysiakini reported that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Mohd Redzuan Yusof said that Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will tender his resignation to the King tomorrow (16 Aug).
According to him, PM Muhyiddin announced his decision when he met fellow MPs from his party at the headquarters of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) alliance in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday morning.
This might not come as a shocker if you’ve been following the news in Malaysia.
Changes, Changes and Changes
You probably won’t understand the next section unless you’ve watched the video mentioned above, so watch that video first if you’re not familiar with how politics work.
Done? Well, here goes.
Last year, ex-PM Mahathir resigned as PM when there were conflicts in the alliance. Simply put, when parties within the alliance changed sides, the party the PM is in might lose the majority, which would usually lead to a span election (i.e. another election).
So technically, there should have been an election last year.
But of course, COVID-19 had to disrupt everything, so even when Mr Muhyiddin is sworn in as PM instead, it was announced that an election will be held after the COVID-19 situation is stable.
As you probably know, it’s still not stable.
To simplify things, whatever happened during Mr Mahathir’s time happened recently: disagreements within the party alliance led to speculations that Mr Muhyiddin might not have the majority, but he has since said that he would “determine his legitimacy” in the next Parliament sitting that’s set to take place next month.
Well, if this report is true, it seems like we won’t need to wait until next month.
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