Malaysia will hold a general election when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on 28 November, shortly after he averted a showdown by winning parliamentary support for his administration's budget.

The Parliament passed Malaysia's largest budget by a voice vote on 26 November despite weeks of threats by the opposition and some of Muhyiddin's allies to derail the government's 2021 spending plan, which could have triggered a crisis.

Muhyiddin said in a speech at a virtual annual general meeting of his Bersatu party that people will choose which government they want.

Malaysia is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with cumulative cases rising more than four-fold since September to more than 60,000 as of 29 November.

Source: VNA