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[South East Asia] Ousted from Bersatu, Mahathir and four others calls move illegal, reflective of PM Muhyiddin’s insecurities
The five MPs dropped by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), including its founder Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, have decried the move as illegal and reflective of party president Muhyiddin Yassin's insecurities and dictatorial leadership.In a joint statement on Thursday, Mahathir and the other four MPs rubbished the interpretation of their decision not to join Prime Minister Muhyiddin's government bench in Parliament as joining another party, which results in automatic revocation of memberships, according to the Bersatu Constitution."This reflects the president's dictatorial attitude. We also state here that the unilateral move by the Bersatu president in sacking us without cause is due to his difficulties in the face of party elections, as well as his insecurity as the most unstable prim...