New federal government will be formed soon – Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin held a meeting yesterday with the top leaders of two parties and said a new federal government will be formed soon in the wake of a hung parliament a er the 15th general election.
Muhyiddin made the statement in posts on Facebook and Twi er a er meeting with PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, whose party is a PN component, and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
The two leaders had called on Muhyiddin.
“Negotiations are also being held with other like-minded parties and independent Members of Parliament. God willing, the federal government will be formed very soon,” he said in his posts.
He also uploaded a picture of the meeting between him and the two other leaders.
GE15 ended in a hung parliament for the first time in the election history of Malaysia, with no clear winner to form the new federal government.
PN, comprising Bersatu – of which Muhyiddin is president – together with PAS and Gerakan had won 73 seats, short of the 112 seats needed for a simple majority in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat.
GPS had won 22 seats, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, 82; Barisan Nasional (BN), 30; Gerakan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), six; Warisan, three; Independents, two; and Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM), one seat.
Earlier yesterday, Muhyiddin, who is a former prime minister, said PN was ready to establish cooperation with any party that can accept the principles and struggle of the coalition in forming a clean and stable government, but not PH.