KUALA LUMPUR – Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin never had a sufficient number of statutory declarations (SDs) from MPs who pledged their support to him to become prime minister right after the 2022 general election.
Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this was because of the 115 SDs Muhyiddin claimed to have collected, 10 of the MPs had actually signed two SDs, with one supporting PN and the other supporting BN.
The Umno president said Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki was a living witness to the matter.
“The 115 SDs he (Muhyiddin) claimed to have collected include 10 from MPs who signed two SDs – one for BN and one for PN. So, the actual number of SDs he had was only 105, and that was not enough number (of majority support in Parliament) to form a new government.”
Zahid said this at a press conference after visiting the media centre provided for approximately 500 members of the press covering the 2024 Umno general assembly. – August 22, 2024