STOP calling PN a backdoor Government

Simple dissection:

To me, it is clear that PH has the support of the majority in the Dewan Rakyat (otherwise, PN would have allowed the reconvening of Parliamentary session for a vote of no confidence)

BUT

within PH, the support is split into two candidates: Tun Mahathir and Anwar Ibrahim.

Whereas, though PN does not have the support of the majority in the Parliament, PN's candidate viz. Muhyiddin Yassin has the most support from the members of Dewan Rakyat. Hence, it is not wrong for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to appoint Muhyiddin Yassin as the 8th Prime Minister.

For example (as none of us know of the exact figure I would use a figure totalling 100 representing the actual parliamentary seats of 222): PH has 60 votes vs. PN has 40 votes = totalling 100 votes.

Yet, PH's 60 votes is split into half, 30 to Mahathir and another 30 to Anwar Ibrahim. Whereas, PN's full vote is to Muhyiddin i.e. 40 votes. Hence, Muhyiddin technically has the most support from the members of Parliament in comparison to Mahathir and Anwar.

In the above situation, it was actually a hung-parliament but with a slight change of the conventional understanding of a hung-parliament. It's not a situation where none of the parties have a majority, it's just a situation where none of the prime ministerial candidates has the confidence of the majority.

So, to prevent political crisis or another general election especially during situation as such, thanks to Covid-19, it is sensible of the Agong to appoint Muhyiddin as the 8th Hokage of Malaysia.

It's now a situation where the PH has control over the Parliament (and when i say the Parliament i mean the Dewan Rakyat), and the PN having control over the Executive branch. Bear in mind, and I would like to emphasize and stress on this important point:

The Government is made up of three branches viz. the Judiciary (Courts), the Legislative (Parliament) and the Executive (Cabinet).

Hence, the PN is not a back-door government because they are not the Government per se (as explained above) but merely a component of the Government of Malaysia.

In order for a Government to operate effectively and efficiently, with proper checks and balances, ALL THREE BRANCHES MUST BE ABLE TO OPERATE FULLY.

Let me put it this way, the Government is the whole of the body, a person. In order for the whole body to operate effectively and efficiently, the BRAIN (Judiciary/Courts), the Heart (Legislative/Parliament) and the Limbs (Executive/Cabinet) must be able to operate fully.

Thus, the Parliament being one of the components of the Government, must be able to re-operate save in accordance for a vote of no-confidence because it is not the right moment for an election.

So now my suggestion is, the PN (Cabinet/Executive), the PH (Parliament/Legislative), and the People's Courts, must work hand-in-hand in such an unprecedented situation in carrying out the affairs of the Country, and it is my opinion that if all the branches could get on with their duties and obligations in respect of the Federal Constitution and without fettering the operation of other branches, the Government would be able to perform far more better than its predecessors.

Given if there's no threat of vote of no confidence, and the Parliament is able to operate fully, the Executive will face higher scrutiny from the Parliament. And in order to pass any laws, the Executive/PN needs the support from the Parliament/PH. Besides, the PH having control of the Dewan Rakyat could pass laws to restrict the operation of the PN/Executive. However, any decisions taken must of course be done in good faith with the people’s interest in mind.

If only if PN and PH can come to a consensus and work through the novel political situation, everything would be better without the uncertainties we are currently experiencing.