A MEETING held in a Kuala Lumpur hotel to allegedly collect statutory declarations in support of Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the new prime minister and Hamzah Zainudin as the new deputy prime minister ended after three hours.
 
Those who had gathered at the meeting then exited the hotel through a different exit to escape the waiting media.
 
Earlier, members of the media saw a number of cars, including those of several ministers, parked at the Royale Chulan Hotel car park.
 
Also seen were vehicles transporting Deputy Prime Minister and Umno vice-president Ismail, Home Minister and Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah, as well as other lawmakers.
 
Sources told The Malaysian Insight that the lengthy meeting was held to gather statutory declarations to support Ismail as the country’s new prime minister and Hamzah as his deputy.
 
Ismail was spotted making his way inside the hotel at 2.45pm while several MPs’ vehicles were seen at the hotel.
 
Bersatu Supreme Council member Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof, who confirmed today that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be tendering his resignation tomorrow, had told reporters that personal ambitions are overtaking national concerns.
 
Muhyiddin’s surprising decision to resign came less than 24 hours after he offered an olive branch to the opposition in a live broadcast, appealing to them to keep him in power in return for increasing funds for the pandemic response and political reforms.
 
The Malaysian Insight understands that Muhyiddin will present two names as possible replacements when he tenders his resignation to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara tomorrow. – August 15, 2021.