PARLIAMENT ABLAZE ON MAY 18 – BETS ARE ON MUHYIDDIN WILL BEAT MAHATHIR AT HIS OWN GAME

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So, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is accepted by the Dewan Rakyat speaker. Now, despite Muhyiddin’s desperate attempt to limit the parliamentary session to one day, the sitting on May 18 may decide the longevity of his prime ministership. On May 7, 2009, Pakatan Rakyat’s Perak legislative speaker V Sivakumar was forcibly removed from the legislature to protect BN’s Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir from a vote of no-confidence. Then, BN still solidly controlled the federal government. Muhyiddin cannot “do a Sivakumar” on the Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohamad Ariff Mohd Yusof. As his own majority is fragile, any attempt to remove the speaker will only further weaken his legitimacy. If Mahathir’s motion cannot be technically squeezed out of the agenda with the government’s business, then Muhyiddin’s best bet is to bea…