Malaysia prime minister hopefuls Anwar Ibrahim and Muhyiddin Yassin have wasted no time in their bids to beef up their ranks after their coalitions ended up neck and neck in Saturday's vote.
But it is former premier Muhyiddin who is in the driver's seat after Sarawak premier Abang Johari Openg announced that his Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) would back the Perikatan Nasional (PN) chief.
After results were announced early on Sunday, Pakatan Harapan (PH) chief Anwar had 82 MPs - including one from the allied Muda compared with Tan Sri Muhyiddin's 79 in the country's first hung Parliament after a general election.
Mr Muhyiddin's bloc of seats are from pacts led by his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia - PN with 73, and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, which won another six in the eastern state.
But he appears to have one foot in the door after Tan Sri Johari flew to Kuala Lumpur on Sunday morning to meet him and Parti Islam SeMalaysia president Hadi Awang whose party is now the largest in Parliament - to "discuss the formation of a federal government".
GPS took 22 of Sarawak's 31 parliamentary seats.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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