KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition leader Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday (Nov 24) that he would step down as president of his party, which leads the Malay-majority bloc Perikatan Nasional.
Muhyiddin, a former prime minister, said he will not defend his position as party president during internal leadership elections next year.
“The time for me to pass on the party leadership to a new team of leaders has arrived,” he said in a speech at Bersatu’s annual general meeting.
“Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all Bersatu leaders and members if I have committed any mistakes during my time as president. Take good care of this party.”
Bersatu secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said that Muhyiddin’s announcement was still at the proposal stage and had not yet been approved by the party’s supreme leadership council.
Bersatu is part of the Perikatan Nasional opposition bloc, which is backed by a conservative Islamist party and made inroads among the country’s majority ethnic-Malay Muslims during regional polls in August and last year’s general elections.
Source: CNA
