Overview
- Mohd Shukri Ramli stepped down as Perlis chief minister after eight Perikatan Nasional assemblymen submitted statutory declarations withdrawing support.
- Shukri, from PAS, cited health reasons for resigning and said he learned of the withdrawals only on the day they were filed.
- Three PAS assemblymen—Saad Seman, Fakhrul Anwar Ismail and Ridzuan Hashim—were sacked, and the assembly speaker said he will notify the Election Commission to request by-elections.
- With the three seats vacant, PAS holds six of the remaining seats, Bersatu five and PKR one in the 15-seat assembly, making the by-elections pivotal for control.
- UMNO Youth chief Akmal Saleh urged dissolving PN and reviving Muafakat Nasional, a call publicly backed by PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, while PAS leaders pressed Bersatu to discipline its five dissenting assemblymen.