{"id":15184,"date":"2022-10-13T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15184"},"modified":"2022-10-13T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:40:02","slug":"ismail-sabri-denies-parliament-dissolved-due-to-pressure-from-umno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15184","title":{"rendered":"Ismail Sabri denies Parliament dissolved due to pressure from UMNO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SHAH ALAM, Oct 13 <\/strong>— Caretaker PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today denied the dissolution of the Parliament was made due to the immense pressure\u00a0from UMNO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While admitting that UMNO had been pushing for the dissolution of Parliament ever since Barisan Nasional (BN) won big in the Johor state election in March, he said he did not feel pressured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I was pressured, I may have dissolved the Parliament sooner. Everybody was talking about it after the Johor election, even at every party meeting…it\u2019s just that it was not the right time\u00a0and\u00a0I personally didn\u2019t have any reason\u00a0to find the right time.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cBut there was an issue that made it impossible for me to go on, that\u2019s why I dissolve it,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters after launching the opening of the\u00a0Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Highway (DASH) here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elaborating, Ismail Sabri said it was difficult for him to continue leading the government when his Cabinet ministers cannot see eye to eye, especially after Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, whose party was part of the government, said that the government had failed to manage the country well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow can I\u00a0manage the country well if I was not confident with the spirit of solidarity among my Cabinet ministers?\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, and to ensure stability and economic recovery post-COVID-19, as well achieving bigger agenda for the country, Ismail Sabri said the mandate had to be returned to the people to elect a new, stable government through the 15th General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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