VOA Africa Listen live. VOA Newscasts Latest program. VOA Newscasts. Previous Next. East Asia. He will be sworn in on Saturday after receiving the support of members of parliament, the palace said. That's more than the required for a simple majority.
Ismail's predecessor Muhyiddin Yassin resigned on Monday after a little over 17 months in power. Muhyiddin had lost majority support in parliament due to infighting within his ruling political coalition.
The appointment of Ismail, who was deputy prime minister under Muhyiddin, would essentially keep the ruling coalition intact.
But his ascent means that the country's longest-governing political party — the United Malaysia National Organisation or UMNO — has reclaimed Malaysia's premiership after a shocking loss in The ringgit currency, , which has been pressured by the political instability and the pandemic, held steady. Malaysia has been in a state of political flux since the defeat of UMNO, which had governed for more than 60 years since independence. Two coalitions have collapsed since then because of the infighting.
Mahathir Mohamad led the opposition to a historic election victory for the first time, but his alliance collapsed from infighting. Muhyiddin then put together a coalition with parties that had been defeated in the polls, including UMNO, but it, too, proved fragile, as the party balked at playing second fiddle. Cases have continued to rise despite a lockdown that has been in place since June.
Photographs showed the protesters being carried away by officers to a police van. There were also concerns over how corruption charges against some Umno members might proceed after the party retakes leadership of the country. Muhyiddin, who is serving as caretaker prime minister, said on Thursday that his alliance would back his former deputy until it was suitable to hold elections.
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