PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional has unanimously agreed to nominate Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as its prime minister candidate to ensure continuity of the former ruling coalition's policies, says its coalition chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Muhyiddin, who is also caretaker Prime Minister and Bersatu president, said all 50 Perikatan MPs (31 from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, 18 from PAS and one from Sabah STAR), as well as four Perikatan-friendly independents, had handed over statutory declarations (SDs) naming Ismail Sabri as their choice to Istana Negara on Wednesday (Aug 18).
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