Season 2 of Malaysia's House of Cards: The Star columnist

KUALA LUMPUR - If contemporary Malaysian politics was a Netflix series, we'd be in season two of Malaysia's House of Cards.

And that's what happened: MPs from a faction in Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia worked with the then opposition - Umno, Partai Islam Se-Malaysia , Gabungan Parti Sarawak, MCA , MIC, PBRS , Sabah STAR and PBS - and formed Perikatan Nasional to bring down the Pakatan Harapan government.

Action by Umno leaders, like Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, urging the Dewan Rakyat Speaker to allow a motion of no confidence against Muhyiddin, also widened the crack, allowing Anwar to move against the prime minister, he said. Season two started with the King granting Anwar a 25-minute audience. However, the Opposition leader and Port Dickson MP only presented the number of MPs he claimed supported him.

More on this topic "Time is of the essence. Whatever names he had on his list will change according to time. The more time passes, the higher the chances of the number of names declining,"he said. When you read statements by Tengku Razaleigh, Umno's Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Muhyiddin seems to be losing support unless he can pacify them, he said.

The professor said this faction, which he dubbed"the old guard", is trying to offer an alternative in the midst of this political turmoil.

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