Oust Muhyiddin on 26th July or else STFU
Anyway, before all that can happen, Umno will first have to make sure that Muhyiddin is ousted via a backdoor vote of no confidence on 26th July 2021. Then Umno can take over the post of PM, DPM, Fin Min, and so on. This is assuming Pakatan Harapan agrees. If not, Umno will just be replacing one boss (Perikatan Nasional) for another boss (Pakatan Harapan) and it will be back to square one for Umno.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Every Umno leader is issuing his or her statement or opinion and all these statements contradict one another. It is no longer possible to detect which is the gospel and which is fake news. It appears like the truth is as rare as a virgin in a brothel. I sometimes wonder whether these politicians ever listen to themselves speak.
The Umno supreme council meeting of 7th July 2021, followed by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s press statement in the wee hours of 8th July, is yet one more in a series of political doublespeak. It is just like a wife saying, “No, we are not divorced, it is just that we are no longer married.”
How does one reconcile such a statement? Either you are still married, or you are divorced. You cannot be not yet divorced and still no longer married as well.
So, what does Umno really want?
If you had been paying attention you would know what Umno wants. In fact, they have said what they want so many times.
Umno wants the post of Prime Minister. They are not happy they have been given the post of Deputy Prime Minister. They want to become the Prime Minister. Hence, they want Muhyiddin Yassin to resign so that they can take over the post of Prime Minister (plus the post of Deputy Prime Minister, of course).
In short, they want things to return to the good old days before the 14th general election in May 2018 when Umno dominated Malaysian politics and was head honcho of the government and not merely a co-pilot.
But Umno forgot one thing. They lost the 14th general election in May 2018. If they want things to return to the good old days before GE14, they will need to win the next general election first. They cannot expect things to return to the good old days by ousting Muhyiddin so that they can come back through the back door.
Anyway, in another 17 days, Malaysia’s Parliament will reconvene for five days. On 26th July, Parliament will be sitting to approve the Declaration of the Emergency. What Umno can do is make sure that the Bill is defeated. Make sure that no less that 112 MPs vote against that Bill. Then the Declaration of the Emergency will be void and the Emergency will need to end on 26th July instead of 1st August.
Technically, the defeat of that Bill tantamount to a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin (or a backdoor vote of no confidence). Anwar Ibrahim, who according to PAN (a.k.a. Amanah) holds 88 seats in Parliament, is the next biggest bloc. If the 38 Umno MPs vote against the Bill, then Perikatan Nasional will be reduced to just 75 seats. And that means Anwar’s 88 seats will beat Muhyiddin’s 75 seats.
Anwar can then request an audience with Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong to inform His Majesty that Muhyiddin has lost his majority in Parliament. His Majesty can then summon Muhyiddin for an audience and ask him to prove he still possesses the majority.
If Muhyiddin cannot prove he still has the majority, then His Majesty can demand the PM’s resignation and/or for Parliament to be dissolved to make way for GE15. If His Majesty feels the Covid-19 pandemic is growing from bad to worse and a general election is not advisable, His Majesty can appoint a new prime minister who in His Majesty’ judgement is most likely to enjoy the confidence of the majority of the MPs.
In this type of situation, anything can happen. But one thing that will NOT happen is things will not go back to the good old days when Umno was the head honcho who dominated Malaysian politics. Instead, what will most likely happen is the government will go back to Pakatan Harapan.
When Pakatan Harapan has 88 seats, Perikatan Nasional has 75 seats, and Umno has 38 seats, there is no way Umno can take back the post of PM, DPM, Fin Min, etc., and become the Big Boss again like from 1955 to 2018.
Of course, if Anwar gives Pakatan Harapan’s 88 seats to Umno, then Umno — with the help of Pakatan Harapan — will have 126 seats. Then Umno can take back the post of PM, DPM, Fin Min, etc., and become the Big Boss again like how they were from 1955 to 2018. But the question is, will the post of PM, DPM, Fin Min, etc., be given to Pakatan Harapan or to Umno?
Anyway, before all that can happen, Umno will first have to make sure that Muhyiddin is ousted via a backdoor vote of no confidence on 26th July 2021. Then Umno can take over the post of PM, DPM, Fin Min, and so on. This is assuming Pakatan Harapan agrees. If not, Umno will just be replacing one boss (Perikatan Nasional) for another boss (Pakatan Harapan) and it will be back to square one for Umno.
