PETALING JAYA: STAR president Jeffrey Kitingan has dismissed the motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as a waste of time, saying there was no guarantee whoever helms the top post next will last long either.
He also chided the proposal for Dr Mahathir Mohamad to be made interim prime minister until the next general election, saying this was illogical and that Muhyiddin was perfectly fine helming the top post.
“If they said Muhyiddin does not command the majority (support) of the MPs, what makes them think Mahathir does? He has only five MPs,” he said in a statement today.
Jeffrey urged allies in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government to put aside their politicking for now, saying they should be strengthening the current administration rather than “blackmailing” Muhyiddin.
The nation was already facing an economic and health crisis with Covid-19, he said, adding that political instability should not be added to the country’s problems.
He warned that the fall of the PN government could lead to the declaration of a state of emergency to put a pause on the political bickering and allow the nation to focus on combating Covid-19.
Last week, several MPs, including Mahathir, submitted fresh no-confidence motions against Muhyiddin. An earlier attempt in May did not succeed for lack of time at the Dewan Rakyat.
This came amid PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s claim that he had strong and convincing majority support of MPs to form the government.
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