Annuar denies Umno, PAS named Muhyiddin as PM candidate

Interim PM leaves palace

12pm: Istana Negara - Interim Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad leaves the palace after a one-hour audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah. 

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Annuar denies Umno, PAS named Muhyiddin as PM candidate

11.55am: Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa denies a report by The Star that Umno and PAS agreed to nominate Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin as a prime minister candidate.

“This is not true,” he tweets. “Our stand remains that we want Parliament to be dissolved.”

Annuar says statements regarding Umno's stand can only be made by the president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi or himself.

The Star quoted PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man as claiming that Umno and PAS lawmakers inked a statutory declaration (SD) in support of Muhyiddin.

Umno and BN have 42 parliamentary seats whereas Bersatu has 26, including Dr Mahathir Mohamad's Langkawi seat.

Despite Mahathir quitting as Bersatu chairperson, the party's supreme council has decided to support his leadership.   - Mkini