The royal crisis between Negeri Sembilan ruler Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir and the state’s four territorial chieftains has created an impasse that effectively blocked Umno’s attempt to replace Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun, who is from PKR.

Highly placed sources in Pakatan Harapan and BN indicated that, despite BN withdrawing the support of all of its 14 assemblypersons for Aminuddin, there’s nothing they can do about it.

This is due to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar’s alleged refusal to...