The announcement by Umno’s political bureau last night that it was considering withdrawing its support for the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government unless new conditions are agreed to, is not a threat but a mature decision, said a party source.

The high-level source told Malaysiakini that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's administration was on "its last legs" because the decision to consider parting ways with his administration was one made by the party as a whole.

“Umno which supported the PN government as led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin before this, is different from the one that made yesterday’s decision, which is based on a thorough decision by the party...