POLITICS: Horse-trading for the PM’s post


THE talk is Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is digging the trenches. The Prime Minister will fight to keep his post.

On Tuesday (Aug 3), in a cobra strike, Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, after a virtual Umno supreme council meeting, announced that the party has retracted its support for the Perikatan Nasional government and Muhyiddin.

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