COMMENT | Hasni rises to the occasion when Muhyiddin fails

COMMENT | I am on the political opposite side of Johor Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad but I would not hesitate to give credit where it is due.

Hasni (above) has risen to the occasion of governing with a healthy dose of bipartisanship while Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who happens to be Johor assemblyperson for Gambir, failed miserably.

Thus far, Muhyiddin has been trying to dominate and subjugate, alienating the opposition and his own allies while losing focus on the need to rally the nation to face the greatest political, economic and health crises that the country has ever seen.

Hasni has a two-seat majority (29 to 27) in the Johor state assembly, where Umno has 16 seats and Bersatu has 12 seats, with a lone PKR crossover making up the balance. Bersatu is of course not particularly happy with the fact that the party is now deprived of the menteri besar post.

At the national level, Muhyiddin brought with him six original Bersatu elected reps, 15 crossovers from Umno to Bersatu, and 10 via Azmin Ali from...