Muhyiddin: I'm focusing on Covid-19 because rakyat sick of politics
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has declined to comment on the legitimacy of his Perikatan Nasional government.
He said he is focused on dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and not on politics.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has declined to comment on the legitimacy of his Perikatan Nasional government.
He said he is focused on dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and not on politics.
"Since the first days that I've been prime minister, I have not thought about politics.
"The people don't want to hear that anymore, they are sick of it. They want to know what the government, the prime minister, the cabinet, the administration is doing to tackle the issues they face.
"Which is why in past statements, and even right now, I have not commented on politics, because the people will say 'Covid-19 isn't over, but he's talking about his party, his coalition, his legitimacy'.
"The people are not interested in that," he said.
Muhyiddin said this in an interview with RTM and Astro Awani tonight.
He said there will come a time to address politics but for now, the country wants to see a functional government and this is what he will prove.
Last February, Muhyiddin and his now allies from Perikatan Nasional had tried to stage a coup to topple the then Pakatan Harapan government.
However, Muhyiddin's own party chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigned as prime minister instead of backing the coup leading to a week-long political crisis during which the country had no government.
Eventually, Muhyiddin was appointed as prime minister after receiving support from BN, PAS, GPS, and a faction of Bersatu as well as defectors from PKR.
Harapan, however, has questioned Muhyiddin's claim to having majority support in the Dewan Rakyat.
Muhyiddin is also facing trouble in Bersatu with Mahathir choosing to be in the opposition, marking the first time in the nation's history that a party is on both sides of the aisle.
Muhyiddin declared the current movement control order in an attempt to curb the Covid-19 pandemic just 17 days after taking office and as cases began to spike.
The order has been extended until May 12 and so far the number of cases has been on the decline indicating that the infection curve has been flattened.
The PN government now faces the difficult task of reviving the economy which has been severely hit by both the virus and the partial lockdown measures.
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