If Umno ends ties with Bersatu at its general assembly on Jan 31, it does not mean Parliament has to be dissolved on Feb 1, former law minister Nazri Abdul Aziz said.
The Padang Rengas MP, who is also a lawyer by training, said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong can instead appoint an interim government until it is safe to hold an election.
"What Umno is doing now is to trigger a situation whereby Parliament will be dissolved to have a general election.
"But it still depends on the Agong on when to dissolve Parliament.
"That is the King's right. He can decide it's not yet time to dissolve Parliament and appoint an interim government first," Nazri told Malaysiakini yesterday.
He added that the election can wait until the Covid-19 situation improves.
Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said yesterday that the public health system is at its breaking point due to the escalating pandemic - and is proposing targeted lockdowns to contain the situation.
Also yesterday, the Umno supreme council decided that a motion backed by 189 out of 191 divisions to sever ties with Bersatu, should be debated and decided on at Umno's general assembly later this month.
While the decision has yet to be formalised, Nazri believes that the severing of ties between Umno and Bersatu is a done deal.
However, he dismissed that rejecting Bersatu meant Umno wanted to form a government with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.
"If we can have a general election, why do we want to form a government with PKR?" he asked.
Yesterday, former BN secretary-general Annuar Musa revealed that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had written to the Agong in support of Anwar's plans to topple the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Plus government.
Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub said Pakatan Harapan had been aware of this since last September and was open to cooperating with Zahid to get rid of PN Plus.
Nazri dismissed Zahid's talks with PKR as a normal part of the political process, but said Umno would stick by its "no Anwar, no DAP" stance. - Mkini
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