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Malaysia PM wins tests of support, ousts house speaker

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KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin narrowly won a motion to boot the parliament speaker Monday, scraping through the first test of his support nearly five months after taking power.The move came as parliament resumed after months of delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Its success could thwart the opposition's bid of a no-confidence vote against Muhyiddin, analysts said.Lawmakers engaged in heated debates over Muhyiddin’s unprecedented proposal to replace the house speaker with his own candidate.

Voting later showed the government secured 111 votes, against 109 for the opposition, with one absent and another unaccounted for.“The vote suggests that Muhyiddin's government has the numbers to stay in power.

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