COMMENT | The hopping of Tebrau MP Steven Choong and Julau MP Larry Sng looks like Muhyiddin Yassin’s own present for the first anniversary of his government.

However, that does not even technically restore Muhyiddin’s majority as he has only 110 votes now in the House, after the official exit of Machang MP Ahmad Jazlan and Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz on Jan 9 and 11.

Most of all, the main threat to Muhyiddin’s survival is not Pakatan Harapan, (whose number of MPs drop from 91 to 89) or Harapan Plus (from 108 to 106). Its main threat is Umno with 38 seats.

Muhyiddin can work to get more hoppers from Harapan, Warisan or PSB, but how many can he get to fill the void if Umno pulls out?

Muhyiddin’s survival and Anwar’s failure

Despite his shaky majority since last March 1, Muhyiddin has survived for one simple reason.

There has only been a negative majority against him, not a positive majority for his successor. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar Ibrahim and Shafie Apdal have all failed to gather a positive majority of 112 to force Muhyiddin to resign or seek an election...