PM meets with PN, GPS leaders

 

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is meeting with Perikatan Nasional and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) leaders at his office in Putrajaya this evening.

The meeting comes in the wake of news that Istana Negara had requested the prime minister to expedite the Parliament sitting to vote on a confidence motion with regard to his leadership.

Muhyiddin had an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong before chairing the weekly cabinet meeting this morning.

At present, Muhyiddin, who is also Bersatu president, controls 100 out of the 220 parliamentary seats.

Bernama reported that the vehicles of de facto law minister and PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan, MCA president Wee Ka Siong as well as Home Minister and PN secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin were seen entering Perdana Putra just before 4pm.

Contacted later, Progressive Democratic Party president Tiong King Sing confirmed that the prime minister is meeting with PN and GPS leaders.

Tiong, however, claimed to be in the dark about the meeting's agenda.

"I am currently in Bintulu (Sarawak). So, I can't join the meeting due to flight issues. My deputy president Nelson Balang Rining will attend the meeting," he told Malaysiakini.

[More to follow] - Mkini