News about Perikatan Nasional

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): Perikatan Nasional (PN) has thrown its unanimous support behind Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the prime minister candidate, said chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, on the condition that Ismail Sabri must not appoint anyone who is facing criminal charges to his Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the caretaker prime minister today, following the latter’s resignation as the premier together with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is seeking bipartisan support from rival members of parliament (MPs) with promises of significant reforms, including limiting the prime minister's tenure to two terms, to solve the ongoing Malaysian political crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) expressed his gratitude to all Barisan Nasional (BN) Members of Parliament (MPs), including Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, for their support for the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Thirty-one Barisan Nasional (BN) members of Parliament will continue to support the Perikatan Nasional government until its legitimacy is determined in a vote of confidence at the Parliament next month, said deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Umno president Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi (pictured) said a number of Umno members of Parliament (MPs) have signed a declaration letter indicating their withdrawal of support for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Pakatan Harapan (PH) has called for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to “respectfully resign” for losing support and legitimacy as Prime Minister, after UMNO rescinded its support for the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin remains the country's prime minister in terms of the law as it is not clear at this stage that he has lost the confidence of a majority of members of Parliament (MPs).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): The UMNO Supreme Council has decided to revoke the party’s support for the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Government with immediate effect, said party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

PUTRAJAYA (April 8): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (pictured) has described the move to serve a bankruptcy notice on the former premier as intimidation on the grounds that it happened just after Umno had declared its withdrawal of support for the Perikatan Nasional government.