00:00The political upheaval in Negri Similan will likely deepen mistrust within the Pakatan Harapan Barisan National PAC at the federal
00:08level, says an analyst.
00:11Sivamurgun Pandian of University Science Malaysia said UMNO's withdrawal of support from the PH-led state government reflects a breakdown
00:19in communications between coalition partners that otherwise work closely together at the federal level.
00:25He also said the trust deficit could push both PH and BN to contest separately in the next general election,
00:32with PKR losing trust in BN, and BN believing it has regained enough political relevance to stand on its own.
00:40James Chin of the University of Tasmania said UMNO's move was opportunistic, taking advantage of the dispute involving the state's
00:48undangs and the young diputuan besar Tuanku Muhris Tuanku Munawir.
00:52He said it was also likely motivated by UMNO's desire to regain the Muntri Besar's post it lost in the
01:002018 general election.
01:02Yesterday, all 14 UMNO assemblymen announced that they had withdrawn support for Aminuddin Harun as the Negri Similan Muntri Besar.
01:10The state's BN chapter then claimed it had a simple majority in the 36-seat assembly to form the state
01:16government, with the support of the five Berkatan National Assemblymen.
01:21Han Yudro, FMT.
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