Muhyiddin claims GPS, GRS backing him as next PM

 

Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said Gabungan Parti Sarawak chairman Abang Johari Openg had informed him of the coalition’s support this morning.

PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said that MPs from the two coalitions in East Malaysia were prepared to back him as the country’s 10th prime minister.

Muhyiddin, who is also the Bersatu president, said he was informed of this by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Abang Johari Openg at a meeting this morning.

Muhyiddin said Gabungan Rakyat Sabah chairman Hajiji Noor had also informed him that the coalition’s MPs would back him as the next prime minister.

“Several other MPs have also given their commitment,” he said in a statement this evening.

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-FMT