‘Chosen one’ might not have been chosen yet


United front: While Muhyiddin (right) and Hamzah looked politically aligned at Bersatu’s AGM, there are currents within the party that threaten that unity. — AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star

IS it a fait accompli that Bersatu’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be prime minister if Perikatan Nasional wins Putrajaya at the next general election?

During the party’s eighth annual general assembly last Sunday in Shah Alam, Bersatu delegates unanimously agreed that its president is the “chosen one”. More than 2,000 party delegates and observers from across the country shouted agreement in unison when permanent chairman Datuk Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah asked if they supported the resolution for the Pagoh MP to be the next prime minister should the Opposition prevail.

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