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By Mihar Dias (C) Copyright August 2024
It seems that Muhyiddin Yassin has become the political equivalent of that guy who shows up at the airport only to realise his flight left hours ago.
After the last general election, he gathered his 115 Statutory Declarations (SDs), complete with a sprinkling of Umno’s finest, convinced that the keys to Putrajaya were about to be handed over.
Alas, fate had other plans, and just like that, Muhyiddin found himself standing on the runway with no plane in sight.
Now, this isn’t just any political saga. This is Shakespearean-level irony, where fate teases and tantalises before pulling the rug out from under him.
The 10 Umno MPs, led by Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, were part of the grand plan to put Muhyiddin back in the Prime Minister’s seat.
But when the a decree for a unity government came down like thunder from the heavens, these brave souls quickly realigned, like toddlers in a game of musical chairs, scrambling to avoid the dreaded kerusi kosong.
Hishammuddin, ever the diplomat, insists that there was no betrayal. "We just withdrew our SDs," he says, in the same tone one might use to explain the return of a faulty toaster to the store.
"So where’s the betrayal?" he asks, sounding more like someone who got lost on the way to the nearest Umno war room.
Perhaps the true betrayal here is the one Muhyiddin feels in his gut – that sinking feeling of being ghosted by 10 MPs at the eleventh hour. And with Zahid Hamidi now playing the forgiving father, all seems forgiven, at least on the surface.
But Zahid’s benevolence is conditional, warning that his eyes remain wide open, ready to catch any MP thinking of switching sides again.
As for Muhyiddin, one can’t help but feel a twinge of sympathy. The man had the numbers, the SDs, and, for a brief moment, the winds of destiny at his back.
But just like the ending of those old slapstick films where the hero slips, he watched his plans crumble into a unity government that didn't include him at all.
Perhaps the moral of this story is that in Malaysian politics, the real winner is fate – and it always has the last laugh.
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