{"id":119977,"date":"2021-08-17T09:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T09:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=119977"},"modified":"2021-08-17T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T09:51:05","slug":"malaysian-lawmakers-to-submit-prime-minister-choice-amid-political-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/malaysian-lawmakers-to-submit-prime-minister-choice-amid-political-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian lawmakers to submit prime minister choice amid political turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Malaysian lawmakers have been asked to submit a letter stating their choice of candidate to be the country&#x27;s next prime minister, after Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down this week, deepening a long-running political crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Muhyiddin resigned on Monday without an obvious successor at a time when the Southeast Asian nation is battling a Covid-19 surge and economic slump. He cited a lack of parliamentary support and will remain as caretaker premier until a new government can be formed. <\/li>\n<li>King Al-Sultan Abdullah has ruled out elections because of the pandemic, but said he would invoke his constitutional powers to appoint a prime minister he believes would be likely to command a majority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Malaysian lawmakers have been asked to submit a letter stating their choice of candidate to be the country&#x27;s next prime minister, after Muhyiddin Yassin stepped down this week, deepening a long-running political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Muhyiddin resigned on Monday without an obvious successor at a time when the Southeast Asian nation is battling a Covid-19 surge and economic slump. He cited a lack of parliamentary support and will remain as caretaker premier until a new government can be formed.<\/p>\n<p>King Al-Sultan Abdullah has ruled out elections because of the pandemic, but said he would invoke his constitutional powers to appoint a prime minister he believes would be likely to command a majority.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice sent to all lawmakers, parliament speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said the declaration letters have to be submitted to the palace by Wednesday at 4 p.m (0800 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In undertaking the King&#x27;s decree, I am giving a notice to you to present one declaration letter that clearly states one lawmaker that has your confidence to become the 9th prime minister,&quot; the speaker said in the letter seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>He asked lawmakers to submit their letters via fax, email or the online messaging service WhatsApp, saying there would be no in-person submission at the palace due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, when then-premier Mahathir Mohamad quit unexpectedly, the king met with all 222 lawmakers from the lower house of parliament to seek their choices for the next leader.<\/p>\n<p>After a week of discussions, he picked Muhyiddin who had formed a coalition with political parties that were defeated in the 2018 elections.<\/p>\n<p>But the alliance was fragile and the constant infighting led to Muhyiddin&#x27;s resignation after just 17 months in office.<\/p>\n<p>No lawmaker currently has a clear majority in parliament. The opposition bloc and Malaysia&#x27;s biggest party are split on support for their prime ministerial candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The king is expected to meet with leaders of political parties at 2 p.m. local time (0600 GMT), media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/08\/17\/malaysia-lawmakers-to-submit-prime-minister-choice-amid-turmoil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysian lawmakers have been asked to submit a letter stating their choice of candidate to be the country&#x27;s next prime minister, after Muhyiddin Yassin stepped [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Malaysian lawmakers to submit prime minister choice amid political turmoil - 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