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1. While Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin struggled to prevent the collapse of his Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration, Umno enjoyed his power over the ruling coalition with a high-ranking leader who even bragged about how they can determine the fate of the government.
2. Among the concessions that Umno is speculated to seek in exchange for remaining in government are more cabinet posts, sparking the happy imagination of what could be, including Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as Deputy Prime Minister minister, which was quickly denied by his government. party division.
3. The head of the Umno high council, Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, even suggested that it would be “reasonable” for Zahid to find ways to save himself from the 47 ongoing charges of breach of trust, corruption and money laundering.
4. The cabinet shakeup, for now, remains speculation, but it has not sat well with the Bersatu leaders. The Minister of the Prime Minister’s Department, Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof, asked his boss Muhyiddin, who is also the president of Bersatu, to stand his ground.
5. The haggling between Umno and Bersatu calls into question the ambition of PKR President Anwar Ibrahim to replace Muhyiddin as prime minister, as he has the support of a substantial number of Umno MPs. Amid the uncertainty, some members of PKR Youth are turning to Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejaung) for support.
6. From Putrajaya to Kuching, the political talk continues to grow with Sarawak’s Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg, indicating that state elections may be on the horizon, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
7. GPS, the governing state coalition in Sarawak, can use the pandemic to its advantage by significantly limiting the number of activists from Peninsular Malaysia who can enter the state, something the state opposition depends on during an election.
8. However, the aftermath of the Sabah election on September 26, which even saw the newly appointed prime minister of the state, Hajiji Mohd Noor, infected with Covid-19 and just recovered, will be food for thought for the political leadership in Kuching.
9. In Sabah, the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 must wait several days before being admitted to a hospital, as bed capacity is overwhelmed. The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, assured that the matter was being addressed.
10. Noor Hisham also warned that Covid-19 cases would continue to grow and called for a stricter conditional motion control order (MCO) to help control the pandemic.
11. This is despite daily Covid-19 cases already at record levels, with 871 new cases yesterday, a second consecutive day of record infections.
