A video released by Bersatu showed the 18 MPs who attended tonight’s meeting taking part in a short chant stating their support for Muhyiddin.
Bersatu vice-president and Putrajaya MP Radzi Jidin led the chants as the MPs said: “We support the president.”
Muhyiddin, the Perikatan Nasional chairman, was seated in between Radzi and Bersatu deputy president Hamzah Zainudin, the opposition leader.
MPs started leaving Muhyiddin’s home in Bukit Damansara here at around 11.19pm.
Sabak Bernam MP Kalam Salan told reporters here that the Bersatu MPs had discussed the Nov 29 Sabah state election as well as ways to strengthen the party.
“There were no discussions about replacing the opposition leader,” he said, in response to a viral letter purportedly urging for Radzi to replace Hamzah as the leader of the opposition in the Dewan Rakyat.
The other MPs who attended the meeting included Wanita Bersatu chief Mas Ermieyati Samsudin (Masjid Tanah) and Supreme Council member Rosol Wahid (Hulu Terengganu).
The rest were:
- Zakri Hassan (Kangar)
- Khlir Nor (Ketereh)
- Nazri Abu Hassan (Merbok)
- Fathul Huzir Ayob (Gerik)
- Nordin Ahmad Ismail (Lumut)
- Azman Nasrudin (Padang Serai)
- Suhaimi Abdullah (Langkawi)
- Azahari Hasan (Padang Rengas)
- Zakri Hassan (Kangar)
- Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail (Kubang Pasu)
- Roslan Hashim (Kulim Bandar Baharu)
- Abdul Khalib Abdullah (Rompin)
- Muslimin Yahaya (Sungai Besar)
- Islahuddin Abas (Mersing)
Ronald Kiandee (Beluran), Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (Tanah Merah), Saifuddin Abdullah (Indera Mahkota) and Ali Biju (Saratok) did not attend the meeting.
The meeting comes just two weeks after 19 Bersatu MPs sent a joint letter to Muhyiddin, protesting disciplinary action taken against Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan and Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal.
Wan Saiful was sacked from the party by the Bersatu disciplinary board while Wan Fayhsal was suspended. Both have filed appeals.
Muhyiddin has faced calls to step down as Bersatu president and to hand over the post to Hamzah.