KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Several senior Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) leaders were seen arriving at the Publika shopping gallery here this morning amid talks of shifting alliances and the scramble to remain in power by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s administration. 

Tweets by national news agency Bernama TV showed party members entering the mall here, where the Perikatan Nasional headquarters are located, from just before 9am. 

Among them were Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and his former PKR colleague in Housing and Local Government minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin who were seen arriving at around 8.50am. 

 

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Muhyiddin’s special advisor and Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu arrived several minutes later, and the party’s president is said to have arrived at 9.15am. 

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The Bernama coverage also reported Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof, Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, and even former PKR man and now independent MP Datuk Xavier Jayakumar seen arriving for the supposed meeting. 

 

 

Others who were seen present include Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon and Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu.

About two-and-a-half hours later, the politicians were seen exiting the building, with Redzuan later telling waiting reporters of an impending announcement to be made tomorrow by Muhyiddin but stopped short of elaborating on the reason for the address. 

This as Muhyiddin’s majority in Parliament has come into question following several Umno lawmakers’ resignations and their open declarations withdrawing their support for the Bersatu president.