KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob insisted today that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government still commands majority support in the Dewan Rakyat.

This comes after Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim proposed a motion stating that the Dewan Rakyat has lost confidence in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and that he should resign as the prime minister immediately.

Ismail Sabri, who is also chief whip for the government, said he took note of today’s statement from Istana Negara, stating that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has not given consent to the supposed revocation of emergency ordinances by the Cabinet on July 21.

“The political situation in the country today is unstable and could affect efforts to resolve the economic conundrum and combat the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.

“I would like to state that the government still has the support of over 110 MPs who are still with the government today.

“As such, I hope the rakyat will stay calm in facing the latest situation and let us all pray, so that the political conundrum ends as soon as possible,” he added.

The Dewan Rakyat currently has 220 sitting MPs, with the remaining two seats vacant after the MPs passed away.

Earlier, Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called upon Umno MPs, including Ismail Sabri, to retract their support towards Muhyiddin as prime minister, after the emergency ordinances revocation fiasco.

Umno had claimed to have retracted its support for PN during the Umno Supreme Council working committee meeting on July 7. However, this decision has not been tested in the Dewan Rakyat.

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