Mr Anwar said the onus to vacate the seats lies with the defectors, not with his administration.
Perikatan Nasional’s chairman Muhyiddin Yassin challenges Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to hold by-elections for the seats held by Bersatu defectors.
On March 9, the coalition’s chairman Muhyiddin Yassin challenged Datuk Seri Anwar to hold by-elections for these seats and expressed confidence that PN could easily win these Malay-majority seats. Bersatu has been facing a crisis since 2023, when the defectors declared their support for the unity government. The latest was Mr Abdul Rashid, who declared his support for Selangor Chief Minister Amirudin Shari on March 6.All seven representatives who opted to back the Malaysian government were not invited to the convention, said Bersatu information chief Razali Idris.
On March 2, Bersatu held an extraordinary general meeting to stop more elected representatives from defecting to the ruling coalition. They decided at the meeting that the membership of any MPs or assemblymen will be voided immediately if they express support for rival parties. Currently, the unity government commands 153 out of the 222 parliamentary seats. This grants Mr Anwar a supermajority in the Lower House as he has the confidence of more than two-thirds of the elected representatives.Since the seats have a Malay majority, losing the constituencies would continue to reflect the community’s unhappiness with the current administration.
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