Malaysia King says there would be no political chaos if MPs had bridged differences to serve people
that plagued the nation over the last four years could have been prevented if MPs and politicians had set aside their differences to serve the people, said Malaysia’s King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, in his address at the opening of the parliamentary session on Monday.
“If the episodes that led to the resignation of the seventh prime minister had not occurred, then the political turmoil that lasted until the 15th General Election could have been avoided,” he opined. After Mr Muhyiddin resigned in August 2021, the King was again forced to choose and appoint a new premier, Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
After the King’s proposal for Mr Anwar and Mr Muhyiddin to work together was turned down by the latter, he was yet again forced to pick the next prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar.with former rival Umno and its Barisan Nasional coalition, while Mr Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional remained in the opposition.
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