There could be an Umno PM with rakyat's support - Annuar Musa

BN secretary-general Annuar Musa has said there could be a prime minister from Umno with support from the rakyat, as the party has many capable leaders.

However, he said Umno is pragmatic and willing to share power as long as the coalition’s goals are based on religion, race and country.

“Umno has many leaders who are highly capable of any jobs and positions and that includes the position of the prime minister.

“But Umno is also pragmatic in our cooperation and in sharing power, as long as our fight for religion, race and country is achieved.

“InsyaAllah (God willing), with the support of the rakyat, there will be an Umno PM later,” he said in a posting on Twitter today.

Annuar’s remark differs from former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin who had yesterday said that there was no individual from Umno or PAS who was more charismatic than Muhyiddin to be prime minister.

"As long as we support the existing government, the prime minister we support is Muhyiddin, (but) the next general election is still under discussion.

"If we look at public acceptance, it was shown in the findings by a research centre, and that is the fact," Khairy was quoted as saying by Utusan Malaysia, alluding to the findings of the Merdeka Centre survey.

The survey showed that Muhyiddin's approval rating was at 69 percent.  - Mkini