The race to identify Malaysia's 10th prime minister took more twists on Monday, with one alliance claiming it has the numbers to cross the line and the other in talks to shore up support.
Perikatan Nasional (PN) said its chief Muhyiddin Yassin has secured the support of a majority of MPs. His rival, Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Anwar Ibrahim, was meanwhile trying to win Barisan Nasional's (BN) backing.
While the deadline to prove a parliamentary majority was pushed back 24 hours to 2pm on Tuesday, PN claimed it had sent in statutory declarations from a majority of MPs ing some from BN ostensibly include supporting Tan Sri Muhyiddin to the King ahead of the original cut-off. "The number of statutory declarations sent exceeds 112, which is the number of MPs needed to appoint a prime minister," said PN secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin.
BN had sought more time to decide whether to support Datuk Seri Anwar for the premiership.
The meeting between Mr Anwar and his BN counterpart Zahid Hamidi ended without an agreement.
Zahid said his alliance's supreme council has not decided who to back. The council will meet on Tuesday morning.
This story is from the November 22, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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