Today, 13th October 2020 is D-Day, which it is bound to be a grippingly exciting day for Malaysians politically.
A list of 121 members of parliament (MPs) purported to support Anwar Ibrahim to Malaysia's next Prime Minister to replace Muhyiddin Yassin was leaked to the public on 5 October 2020. Anwar had secured an audience with Malaysia's Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (King) today (13 October 2020) to present the list to His Majesty as evidence that he (Anwar) has the support of the majority of the current 221 MPs in parliament, following the unfortunate death of Batu Sapi MP Liew Vui Keong on 2 October 2020 which had left the Batu Sapi seat currently vacant. May his soul Rest In Peace.
However, six MPs whose names are on the list filed police reports declaring that it is not true and that they support Anwar as PM and that their names should not be on the list.
The Police investigated the reports and summoned Anwar to come in for questioning and to give his statement at 11 am on 12 October 2020 but Anwar's press secretary requested that the meeting be postponed to 9am today - i.e. 13 October 2020, just two hours before Anwar's audience with the Agong, which sources say is at 11 am.
The police, postponed their meeting to record Anwar's statement to a future date to be confirmed.
Under the law, the Agong has several options:-
1) As sitting Prime Minister, Muhyiddin can request the Agong to call a special session of parliament to hold a no-confidence or a confidence vote in Muhyiddin as Prime Minister. If the no-confidence vote passes or the confidence vote fails, then Muhyiddin would have to resign and his cabinet would dissolve, and a fresh general election would be held.
2) Muhyiddin could request the Agong to dissolve parliament and if granted, a fresh general election would be held.
3) Muhyiddin could request an audience with the Agong to submit his resignation and if accepted, either a fresh election would be held or the Agong can appoint a new Prime Minister, such as in February when the Agong interviewed all 222 MPs individually determine which MP as the suupport of the majority of MPs, after which the Agong appointed Muhyiddin as Prime Minister.
Ideally, I much prefer that a fresh general election be held, so we the people can vote for a fresh set of 222 MPs, amongst who we can expect to see some new faces and who hopefully will do their job to serve the people, instead of scheming and jostling for power and position in a real life "Game of Thrones" at our expense.
However, now is not the right time to hold a general election, especially with the recent spike in the number of COVID-19 cases following the recent Sabah state elections, with Sabah having the highest number of new cases daily in the country but if it comes to that, then so be it.
It's 10.16 am right now, so let's see what pans out today and over the next few days.
Take care and stay safe.
Yours truly
Politi Scheiss
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