The already difficult task of rallying enough lawmakers to support a no-confidence motion against embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak may have just become insurmountable after Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS) indicated it was non-committal on how it would view such a vote in Parliament.

“We will wait and see whether there is a need (to support it),” said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang after the opposition Islamic party’s mass rally in Kelantan on Saturday night.

Questions about a vote against Datuk Seri Najib came about after an MP from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) filed a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Saturday.

… “You don’t know if your comrades will vote like you, or be tempted back to toe the party line,” S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies senior fellow Oh Ei Sun told The Straits Times.