00:00Hamza Zainuddin's sacking has shifted the internal power dynamics within Bursatu, with
00:05analysts saying it strengthens Azmin Ali's position as a contender for the deputy presidency
00:10and potentially the top job.
00:13Hamza and Bursatu President Muhyiddin Yassin's leadership tussle culminated in Hamza and
00:1816 other leaders being sacked last Friday.
00:21Ilham Center's Hizomuddin Bakar said Hamza's removal reshuffled Bursatu's leadership
00:26hierarchy and cleared major obstacles for Azmin, the Bursatu's secretary-general.
00:32Over the past year, Azmin has positioned himself as loyal and disciplined, consistently defending
00:37Muhyiddin's leadership, with Hizomuddin saying that loyalty, patience, and a non-confrontational
00:43approach are key to political survival.
00:46He added that Azmin's disciplined public messaging could ensure a stable and controlled transition
00:51of power, although the timing depends entirely on Muhyiddin, who may lead the party into the
00:56next general election.
00:58Academy Nusantara's Azmi Hassan said Muhyiddin is unlikely to relinquish the presidency soon,
01:03as he wants to remain Bursatu president and be re-elected as Perikata national chairman,
01:09with Hamza expected to rely on past backing and Muhyiddin on Garakan and the Malaysian Indian
01:14People's Party.
01:15Meanwhile, University of Malaya's Awang Azman Pawi warned that most Bursatu MPs are said to
01:21support Hamza, meaning Azmin could end up leading a weak party, and stressed that internal cleanups
01:26alone are not enough.
01:29Danis Rajareza, FMT.
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