Loke: Not yet time to involve Harapan; PN's failure also Umno's failure

 

DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke said now is not the time to involve Pakatan Harapan as the Perikatan Nasional fights to salvage its government following the withdrawal of Umno.

Loke (above) said the crisis was brought about by PN's own doing after it launched the Sheraton Move against the Harapan government in February last year.

"This is PN's internal problem. They broke up because they cannot cooperate. This is a problem caused by PN.

"At this stage, we should not involve Pakatan Harapan and the DAP," he told Malaysiakini.

Loke said this in response to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who yesterday announced his party was withdrawing support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's PN government but at the same time also rejected Harapan, including DAP, as the replacement.

He noted that Zahid, in his speech, repeatedly called PN a failed government.

"Umno must also take responsibility because it was part of the PN government. If he admits that the PN government had failed, that means Umno has also failed," he said.

Umno has 38 MPs but many are opposed to Zahid's move to withdraw from the PN government.

However, with Muhyiddin only commanding a four-seat majority, a small number of the 38 MPs is enough to collapse the PN government.

Loke said who will become the next prime minister or form the government was another matter.

For now, he said Muhyiddin should resign as he had lost majority control of the Dewan Rakyat.

Loke added that even if Muhyiddin refused to resign, he won't be able to push through the government's agenda in the House without a majority.

"He no longer has the authority to remain as prime minister," he said.

 - Mkini