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1. Going into the final week of the budget vote, the ability of PKR President Anwar Ibrahim to demonstrate whether he has majority support in the Dewan Rakyat is still up in the air with reports claiming that he has managed to win to 10 deputies from Umno, but this promptly disputed.
2. Speculation also forced Umno’s Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin and Kimanis MP Mohamad Alamin to deny that they have signed a legal declaration to support Anwar.
3. BN General Secretary Annuar Musa said that any Umno MP who may be supporting Anwar must be sincere.
4. PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang noted that despite claims that Perikatan Nasional does not have the majority support in Dewan Rakyat, the opposition was unable to demonstrate this during the 2021 Budget votes.
5. Working in parallel with Anwar is Warisan chairman Shafie Apdal, who is trying to present himself as the alternative leader of the opposition, but PKR MPs said the Semporna MP should instead reflect on his own shortcomings. .
6. However, Amanah Vice President Salahuddin Ayub backed calls, including from Shafie, to form a new grand coalition to unite the opposition.
7. This was amid the government’s own efforts to form a grand coalition of coalitions comprising BN, PN, and GPS, but GPS said it prefers the current flexible alliance, rather than a formal coalition.
8. In the midst of the battle for Putrajaya, PKR also saw internal maneuvers after unknown persons leaked internal messages from PKR Youth Chief Akmal Nasir, criticizing Anwar, which was used to brand him as a traitor and pressure him to resign. .
9. This prompted former PKR Vice President Rafizi Ramli, who had left politics, to break his silence and warn Anwar not to surround himself with “opportunists. Akmal was Rafizi’s protégé while he was still active in politics.”
10. On the Covid-19 front, the country registered 1,229 new cases and five states registered more than 100 new infections.
11. The Ministry of Health revised down the quarantine period for travelers from abroad and close contacts of patients with Covid-19 from 14 to 10 days, citing recent scientific data.
12. The government also intends to allow parliamentarians who are in quarantine to attend the Dewan Rakyat seated on the condition that they wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
13. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that the country will boost the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines to cover between 60 and 70 percent of the population, compared to 30 percent initially expected.
14. Meanwhile, Top Glove was accused of firing an employee who reported working conditions at the company before thousands of company workers were infected with Covid-19.
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