Malaysian PM’s slender parliamentary majority faces crucial budget vote

KUALA LUMPUR: The fate of Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s eight-month-old administration was hanging in the balance ahead of a crucial budget vote on Friday.

A slender majority in parliament has led to increasing doubts over the premier’s grip on power.

“If the no-confidence motion is passed, it could lead to either a change in the government with a new PM that commands a majority or a dissolution of the Parliament with an early general election to be called,” Sunway University economics professor, Yeah Kim Leng, told Arab News on Tuesday.