Puad challenges PN to barge through 'backdoor' again
Since dissolving Parliament at this juncture would be a waste of time as well as inconvenience the people, Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi said Perikatan Nasional has one option.
“Which is to use the tebuk atap (backdoor) approach.
“We challenge PN to coax...
Since dissolving Parliament at this juncture would be a waste of time as well as inconvenience the people, Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi said Perikatan Nasional has one option.
“Which is to use the tebuk atap (backdoor) approach.
“We challenge PN to coax any of the parties in the coalition government to ‘pull the plug’ if it is true the government is divided,” he added.
Puad (above) was responding to Bersatu information chief Razali Idris who challenged Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to call for fresh polls to test his mandate.
“Razali is too naive. The election just ended (in November 2022). The people have made a choice,” he said.
He also noted that since PN continues to harp on having the numbers, Anwar had asked them to file a no-confidence motion against him during the next Parliament sitting.
On the same note, Puad said if PN is “addicted to dissolutions”, it should do so with the Kelantan state legislative assembly since the coalition was defeated in the Nenggiri by-election.
No-confidence motion
PN was formed in the aftermath of a political coup dubbed the Sheraton Move, which ended Pakatan Harapan’s 22-month reign in 2020.
At the time, Umno and BN aligned with PN to form a coalition government with Bersatu president and PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister.
Its political rivals often dubbed this as a “backdoor government”.
However, Muhyiddin was forced to resign 17 months later when Umno threatened to withdraw its support.
Yesterday, PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said there were no plans at the moment to file a no-confidence motion against Anwar.
He also claimed that the prime minister’s challenge to put it to a vote showed his “fear” as opposed to courage.
“Why is he afraid? Seems like there is something there. I feel that it is because he has to rely on other parties for the numbers (to form a government). That is the reason.
“If you become prime minister and your party is the strongest, we would feel different,” he said, referring to PKR, which has 31 parliamentary seats.
