Analysis

It has been a difficult first month for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, but he has shown experience, focus and savviness as he made his way through the landmines of power.

IT was quite a masterstroke on the part of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin not to appoint a deputy prime minister.

The Cabinet line-up may be known tomorrow and its composition will be a test of how serious the PM is about bringing in competent persons with integrity.

A new Prime Minister will be sworn in by today, but the political drama is likely to go on because the other side is claiming that they also have the numbers.

Some 120 of the 130 MPs said to have signed statutory declarations supporting Muhyiddin are on standby to accompany him to the Palace.

The embattled interim Prime Minister is determined to proceed with his idea of a unity Cabinet to run the government amid mounting political uncertainties.

TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad went to bed on Monday as the the newly-appointed interim Prime Minister, unsure whether he would want to return permanently to the top job.

THE last couple of days have been defined by powerful optics not seen since the fall of the Barisan Nasional government in May 2018. THE last couple of days have been defined by powerful optics not seen since the fall of the Barisan Nasional government in May 2018.

The Prime Minister may have emerged with a stronger hand after a meeting that saw his coalition partners divided on the issue of a specific handover date to his successor.

Pakatan Harapan top guns are keen to press Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to ease the political uncertainty over when Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will take over.

THE political chatter surrounding what some have termed as a “reshuffle of the government” is growing louder.

NINETY-FOUR and going strong – that is how some perceive Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as he prepares to hold on to the hot seat beyond 2020.