Malaysian PM to ask king to declare state of emergency: sources

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Malaysian PM Muhyiddin seeks king's assent to declare emergency: sources

The proposed emergency would include a suspension of parliament, which was scheduled to reconvene in November, one of the sources said.

The sources, who did not want to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media, did not identify the reason for the premier’s request. Malaysia is seeing sees a resurgence in coronavirus cases, and Muhyiddin is facing a leadership challenge from opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who last month said he had majority support in parliament to form a new government.

Under the constitution, the king can declare a state of emergency if he is satisfied that there is a sufficient threat to national security, economy or public order.State news agency Bernama said Muhyiddin was in a meeting with King Al-Sultan Abdullah.Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi, Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff; editing by John Stonestreet

 

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All the Desperate PMs and Presidents in the world are using Covid19 pandemic as their weapon to remain in Power !

He is going down, very soon. Mostly 🇲🇾 politicians don’t care about the best interest of the people. They just want to secure their seats & power.

Nations support you and confident that You r fully capable to handle any adversity. You are the man of principles who hold his ground when no one can dare to question tyranny. MALAYSIA wishes to progress under your leadership. Only United we can achieve prosperity Muhyiddin 👍

the hatred in his eyes....

More like political emergency. The so called 'darurat' is simply because they want to secure their position in the Parliament. Plus, the new clusters of COVID-19 cases are from our politicians busy with a state elections without taking in account of the pandemic which caused —

Authoritarianism is yawning.

To save his position. Fighting a losing battle. MuhyiddinOut is inevitable.

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