‘Enough is enough’: Johor Sultan speaks out against efforts to derail political stability in Malaysia

Following this, Mr Anwar said on Monday that the parties in his unity government are strong enough to defend against any plot to topple the government. 

“As far as we can see, the position (of the government) is quite strong,” Mr Anwar was quoted as saying by Bernama. 

He also told reporters that the four political coalitions in the unity government – BN, Pakatan Harapan (PH), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) – have expressed their commitment to defend the unity government. 

In March this year, local media reported Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang as saying that based on Malaysia’s democratic system, no one had the right to stop PN’s efforts to topple the government of the day. 

PAS is a component party of the PN coalition.

Mr Abdul Hadi said that such an attempt can be done either through a vote of no-confidence or via statutory declarations, according to Bernama.

Mr Anwar was sworn in as prime minister on Nov 24 last year after the 15th General Election failed to produce a clear winner.

He leads a unity government comprising his PH coalition and the previous ruling coalition BN, among other parties. Other parties and coalitions that currently back the unity government include GPS, GRS and Parti Warisan.