UMNO has no power to decide who will be the next Johor menteri besar, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

It is the party in power that decides on a replacement for Osman Sapian, which is Bersatu, he said.

“The winning party has the power, not the losers,” Dr Mahathir said after Umno Johor suggested yesterday that Muhyiddin Yassin replace Osman as the MB.

“He has other jobs. We have other candidates,” Dr Mahathir said today after attending a motor show in Serdang.

Johor opposition leader and former senior exco Hasni Mohammad yesterday suggested the former menteri besar and current Home Minister Muhyiddin to helm the state.

He said he will forward Muhyiddin’s name as the next menteri besar to Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.

Hasni said he had been granted an audience with the Johor sultan tomorrow.

“Why not Muhyiddin? He has the experienced where he has also been Johor’s former menteri besar, a deputy prime minister, and was once Umno deputy president.

“Muhyiddin is also the Bukit Gambir assemblyman and that qualifies him not only as a member of the Johor legislative assembly, but also for the menteri besar’s post,” Hasni was quoted as saying by The Malay Mail yesterday. – April 11, 2019.