'Nothing fell' - BN ministers take PKR chief's proclamation lightly
BN leaders were unperturbed by PKR president Anwar Ibrahim's claim to commanding a Parliamentary majority and that Muhyiddin Yassin's government had "fallen".
In a tweet, Science and Technology Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the Perikatan Nasional government had just concluded their weekly cabinet meeting and that all was fine.
"Just finished the cabinet meeting. Nothing collapsed or fell," he...
BN leaders were unperturbed by PKR president Anwar Ibrahim's claim to commanding a Parliamentary majority and that Muhyiddin Yassin's government had "fallen".
They described the proclamation as a stunt aimed at influencing the outcome of the Sabah state election this Saturday.
In a tweet, Science and Technology Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the Perikatan Nasional government had just concluded their weekly cabinet meeting and that all was fine.
"Just finished the cabinet meeting. Nothing collapsed or fell," he quipped.
Likewise, Human Resources Minister M Saravanan said there was no cause for panic.
"Nothing to worry (about), I'm at the cabinet meeting and busy planning for the rakyat with PM," he said in a Facebook post.
Muhyiddin is scheduled to make a live address at 2.30pm today during which he will likely announce some economic measures related to the Covid-19 national recovery efforts.
Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa, meanwhile, responded with a series of bemused emojis.
He also tweeted that maybe someone had "caught a new virus".
Later, he mused that Anwar might be trying to influence the Sabah election.
"This is an attempt to disrupt unity in Gabung Rakyat Sabah and bring down the incumbency of the federal government.
"He hopes to give the advantage to Warisan Plus. This is how he acts from before, not caring about the negative impact on the country's stability and the people's wellbeing," he said.
Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan (above) was quoted by FMT as saying that Anwar's announcement was a gimmick aimed at influencing voters in Sabah.
When contacted, Padang Rengas MP Nazri Abdul Aziz - who is currently in Sabah - said he was in the dark over the current developments.
"I don't know [...] I last saw Anwar during the Parliament session (in August), haven't seen him since," he told Malaysiakini.
Nazri also dismissed the possibility of individual Umno MPs defecting to join Anwar, saying he would have known about such things.
Anwar has declined to reveal whose defections he has secured, indicating that individual MPs would be crossing over.
He said he would only reveal this after he had met the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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