PN chairman, Muhyiddin Yassin, has called on Anwar Ibrahim to prove that he has the support of the majority of MPs by presenting SDs.

PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin has called on Anwar Ibrahim to prove that he has the support of the majority of MPs by presenting SDs. 

He insists that he had SDs from 115 elected representatives before his audience with the King.

UMNO holds 26 seats and four others are held by component parties in its National Front alliance. It is unclear if the other party members have agreed to go along with UMNO’s decision.

If all 30 National Front lawmakers support Anwar, he will secure a majority. Anwar already has the support of a small party in Borneo island with three seats. In all, that will give him 115 parliamentary seats.

If Anwar clinches the top job, it will ease fears over the rise of right-wing politics in the country. Muhyiddin’s bloc includes the hard-line Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which has 49 seats — more than double what it won in 2018. Known as PAS, it backs Islamic Shariah, rules three states and is now the single largest party.

PAS leader Abdul Hadi Awang refused to concede defeat, urging followers to stay calm.