Umno’s political shadow play

First day: Ismail Sabri (left) meeting with Ahmad Zahid in the former’s new workspace, the deputy prime minister’s office, on Friday (July 9). — From Facebook

A WAYANG Jawa unfolded when Umno declared that it was withdrawing support from Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Universiti Malaya political analyst Dr Muhammad Asri Mohd Ali likens Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s early morning press conference on Thursday (July 8) to wayang Jawa, one of the four forms of wayang kulit (shadow play) in Malaysia.