{"id":10849,"date":"2021-08-17T11:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10849"},"modified":"2021-08-17T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:09:33","slug":"muhyiddin-primed-and-prepped-for-one-man-show-as-caretaker-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10849","title":{"rendered":"Muhyiddin primed and prepped for \u2018one-man show\u2019 as caretaker PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kuala Lumpur, 17 Aug — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that he would act as the caretaker prime minister, as consented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is an honorable task and I will carry out the duties of caretaker prime minister to help the country,\u201d he said at a meeting with senior media personals at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin, who incidentally tendered his resignation to the king yesterday, said he would shoulder the responsibility and that he hoped his successor would be appointed as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said when the Agong asked him to act as caretaker prime minister, he had immediately referred to the Attorney-General Idrus Harun regarding the job scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI sought the opinion of the attorney-general and he said that I could exercise the executive functions and advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong until a new prime minister is appointed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked whether his former Cabinet would be retained as a caretaker Cabinet, Muhyiddin said as far as he was concerned, he would be the one running the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a one-man show,\u201d he said jokingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his responsibilities and power as caretaker prime minister, Muhyiddin said there would definitely be a limit compared to the power he had before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor instance, now I cannot sign an RM1 billion cheque. I have to refer and follow the advice of the attorney-general,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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