Mat Hasan: Best if Muhyiddin rejoins Umno, we can reverse 2016 sacking
Umno can “change” its 2016 decision to sack Muhyiddin Yassin if he agrees to return to the party, said Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan.
In an exclusive video interview with the "Malaysia Post" blog, the Umno number two posited that the Pagoh MP had “never left” the party in the first place...
Umno can “change” its 2016 decision to sack Muhyiddin Yassin if he agrees to return to the party, said Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan.
In an exclusive video interview with the "Malaysia Post" blog, the Umno number two posited that the Pagoh MP had “never left” the party in the first place.
“Muhyiddin never left the party. He did not leave the party, he was sacked.
“But if he has a desire to return to the party, the party can accept him and we can change the decision to sack him,” he said.
Elaborating, Mohamad opined that it would be “better” if the Bersatu president returned to Umno as he would a prime minister with the backing of a large party.
“We welcome it if the prime minister wants to return to Umno.
“Isn’t it better that way? He will become a prime minister that is supported by a big party that has many MPs.
“It will be easier and we will not have problems when we face an election or discuss seat allocations. Because everything will be in Umno,” he said.
Bersatu presently has 31 MPs while Umno has 39 MPs.
Mohamad added that In his personal opinion, that there was “nothing wrong” in naming Muhyiddin as the prime minister candidate.
These comments come as several top Umno leaders pressure for a snap election to solve the political instability caused by Perikatan Nasional’s precarious hold on power.
Muhyiddin was dropped as deputy prime minister five years ago after he publicly questioned then-Umno president and prime minister Najib Abdul Razak over the 1MDB financial scandal
A year later, he was sacked from Umno.
Muhyiddin later joined forces with Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his son Mukhriz Mahathir to set up Bersatu, with the aim of defeating Umno in the 14th general election.
As part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, they succeeded in overthrowing the Umno-dominated BN
In February this year, in what is now dubbed the "Sheraton Move", Muhyiddin took Bersatu out of Harapan and joined forces with BN, PAS, GPS, PBS and Star to form the PN government. He was later sworn in as the eighth prime minister replacing Mahathir, who resigned.
This political coup soured his relationship with Mahathir.
Muhyiddin later nullified the Bersatu memberships of Mahathir, Mukhriz and four other MPs aligned to the father-and-son team.
