This malaysiakini article Muhyiddin checks in for No 2 spot confirms that Muhyiddin Yassin is gunning for the Deputy President of UMNO post.I guess he is playing it safe and hopes to become the next Deputy Prime Minister.
At 61 years of age, his chances of becoming PM is quite remote as it is quite unlikely that Najib who is 6 years younger will retire before him.
Unless we have a law limiting the term of PM to 8 years or the PM has to resign for whatever reasons.
The other factor that could affect his appointment as the Deputy PM is if the other BN components decided the DPM's post is not the exclusive right of UMNO.
In my opinion we should remove the connection between party posts and ministerial posts. Whoever is appointed as the Prime Minister should exercise a free hand to appoint his own team of ministers and hold them responsible for job performance.
In that way a PM can sack a minister even if he holds an important party post or the person can also resign if he disagrees with the leadership.
Photo: thanks to malaysiakini
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