PETALING JAYA: Parti Pribumi Bersatu (Bersatu) Malaysia president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic) claimed that other political leaders had approached him to work collectively within the subsequent normal election as a way of avoiding multi-cornered fights.
“After the Johor State Election, I was approached by a number of political party leaders, together with from Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang).
“They voiced their opinion that it could be higher for non-Barisan events to type a political cooperation to keep away from a multi-cornered conflict in GE15,” the Pagoh MP and former Prime Minister mentioned in an announcement on Saturday (April 2).
According to Muhyiddin, Barisan Nasional was in a position to win the Melaka and Johor State elections due to multi-cornered clashes, the place the anti-Barisan vote was cut up.
He additional added that the political leaders needed to keep away from multi-cornered fights in GE-15 to cease Barisan from returning to energy.
“Therefore, I’ve taken the initiative to meet with leaders of political events from each the federal government and the opposition to set up cooperation in GE-15.
“This is an preliminary step to get the views of political party leaders and no closing choice has been made,” mentioned Muhyiddin.
The assembly between Muhyiddin and Dr Mahathir, which was organized by a senior Pejuang chief, was a part of this initiative, mentioned Muhyiddin.
Claims had been murky on who reached out to whom first.
Earlier, Pejuang president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir mentioned that Muhyiddin had requested a gathering with Dr Mahathir, however Pejuang Youth claimed that Mahathir who had initiated the assembly.
In a press convention on Friday (April 1), Dr Mahathir informed reporters that he rejected Muhyiddin ‘s proposal of cooperation.
After Dr Mahathir resigned in February 2020, Muhyiddin took up the position of prime minister for 17 months from March 2020 earlier than he himself resigned in August final 12 months and was changed by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The week-long political deadlock in February 2020 that carried on until the primary week of March 2020, dubbed because the “Sheraton Move”, noticed the collapse of Pakatan after 11 PKR MPs and Bersatu left.
Relations between Dr Mahathir and Muhyiddin soured, with Dr Mahathir claiming that Muhyiddin had “backstabbed” him.
