Can Muhyiddin survive the Mahathir onslaught?
It is the last thing that anybody wants but a snap general election looms as the government appears to be holding on by a one-seat majority.
JOCELINE TAN, THE STAR
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has managed to look every inch the prime-minister-in-waiting that his hardcore supporters think he is.
He has been turning up for political meetings wearing his trademark bush-suits, looking like the boss and exuding confidence as though he is just a few more inches or, should we say, a few more MPs from reclaiming the job he chucked away three months ago.
“You wait and see. Tun Mahathir has the numbers to make it happen, ” said Bersatu supreme council member Akhramsyah Sanusi.
Oddly enough, not many people are buying into Pakatan Harapan’s claim that it has 129 MPs on its side.
The reason is obvious.
If Pakatan really had that sort of numbers, Dr Mahathir would not be hanging around having meetings and calling press conferences.
He would be knocking on the palace door to present his credentials as the next prime minister.
There is an intense gamesmanship going on between both sides, with claims that so-and-so is going to jump only for it to be refuted as fake news minutes later.
The most bizarre rumour over the last couple of days is that a woman leader from Bersatu might follow another leader who is allegedly her husband out of Perikatan Nasional (Perikatan).
The intriguing part about the rumour was not the jumping prospect but the part that these two leaders had allegedly tied the knot not too long ago.
