2022 Malaysian Political Crisis

The 2022 Malaysian political crisis, popularly dubbed as "Langkah Beaufort", is an ongoing political crisis in Malaysia. It was caused by the resignation of former Prime Minister Verdictless, interim Prime Minister VerticalLimit and several Members of Parliament (MPs) voting in favour of bIuvye from both Parti Demokratik Malaysia and Barisan Rakyat Malaysia in a round of statutory declarations (SD) after a failed vote of confidence by BRM.

Background and key people
Parti Demokratik Malaysia (PDM) has been dominating Malaysian politics and governing Malaysia since it's formation. Up until the resignation of Verdictless as the 28th Prime Minister of Malaysia on 2 August 2022, PDM won the 16th General Elections in June 2022 with 18 seats leaving 12 seats for the competing opposition coalition Barisan Rakyat Malaysia (BRM) since the 14th General Elections in October 2021.

August 2: Resignation of Verdictless
The 28th Prime Minister of Malaysia Verdictless resigned on the 2 August with the message "Thank You Malaysia I will never forget You" in the government news channel at 5:37 PM local time. A press statement was released by his eventual successor VerticalLimit at 6:05 PM later stating that he is in 'critical condition' and is no longer able to perform duties as the Prime Minister. The press statement also stated that Parti Demokratik Malaysia is due to hold an immediate leadership election to fill the position of Verdictless as the party chairman.

Drop in Government popularity
Due to the downsize in government manpower after the resignation of Verdictless, it was discussed within the government that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Minister of Transport (MoT) would merge as a response to the downsize. This immediately sparked a public rejection as some say both ministries are not related. The public rejection prompted the Prime Minister VerticalLimit to clarify that the plan was only discussed in Parliament and that it isn't final.

Minister and civil service resignations
On the same and following day, AdamJRobinson, resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) in a public statement due to 'real-life commitments' while HammishWellesley, chairman of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) also resigned after the release of a public statement, with the reason of his resignation unspecified.

Failed motion of confidence
VerticalLimit was chosen as the next leader of PDM and moved to hold a vote of confidence to legitimise his Government. The Dewan Rakyat voted unanimously with 20 MPs absent, 10 to 0, however was voided after not completely having the majority of the House, requiring him 16 votes. After this failure, Istana Negara ordered all Members of Parliament (MPs) to nominate a Member of Parliament in a statutory declaration with the same requirements; sixteen MPs nominating the same MP. Parti Demokratik Malaysia affirmed their support for VerticalLimit for the position of Prime Minister along with Barisan Rakyat Malaysia.

August 8: Resignation of VerticalLimit
On 8th of August, an unexpected statement from the Prime Minister's Office announced the resignation of VerticalLimit from the Cabinet, party, and the Malaysian community altogether. In an internal statement that was shortened by the Government, he has "quietly made the decision to quit all MYS-related servers and games". He stated that he "can't carry on like this" and "every obstacle has been thrown my way and I can't step over them anymore", although his exact personal reasons are still unknown. yaoshiiscool, the Minister of Home Affairs, was chosen to be the Acting Prime Minister. As a result, all statutory declarations are voided and a party leadership election in Parti Demokratik Malaysia was held again to determine the next successor. yaoshiiscool was swiftly chosen as the next leader of PDM.

August 12: Statutory declaration restart, leaked party internal communications, membership suspension
Once again, MPs have been ordered to send their statutory declarations to nominate a Member of Parliament. Parti Demokratik Malaysia affirmed their support for yaoshiiscool, however Barisan Rakyat Malaysia did not say or send an official statement on their decision. On 12th of August, Unit Komunikasi Korporat Istana Negara sent an official statement to several media showing two names that have been nominated to become the Prime Minister; yaoshiiscool and bIuvye. On the same day, an anonymous account by the name of "xyourballot" leaked a screenshot from BRM's internal communications showing the party leadership secretly affirming their support in favour of bIuvye as part of their statutory declaration, drawing controversies. The screenshot, revealed with a poster that includes the text "SHHHH..... DON'T TELL PEOPLE WE ARE SUPPORTING A BACKDOOR GOVERNMENT". bIuvye denied allegations that was put against him, such as him trying to form a backdoor government, stating he was not informed that BRM supported him. The next day, bIuvye revealed in a press conference that his party membership in PDM was terminated on August 12th after a private meeting with unknown participants.

As vacating a seat is not an option after the removal of independent seats in the Parliament, it was revealed on August 13th that bIuvye had roles in the BRM server, signifying a change of support in party from PDM to BRM. However, bIuvye has continuously said that his new government would involve both parties but that is not proven yet as he has yet to release an official cabinet list of his government.

August 13: bIuvye announced next Prime Minister, resignation of Minister of Communications and Multimedia
On 13th of August, Istana Negara announced that bIuvye will be the next Prime Minister of Malaysia after meeting with the candidates, marking the first Prime Minister since ArifTAldana of Parti Perjuangan Rakyat that is not running under Parti Demokratik Malaysia. Istana Negara, through the media statement, said that "after making observation, have found a Member of the Dewan Rakyat that may have the majority of the confidence of Members of the Dewan Rakyat is YB bIuvye". He was expected to swear-in and take his oath the next day.

Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Un_confron, resigned from his position as Minister of Communications and Multimedia "as a result of the loss of the overall confidence of the Government and the Party I serve".

Cabinet speculations
According to The Weekly Edition, yaoshiiscool said that PDM "is currently in talks with BRM on the 'terms and conditions' if they are to collaborate in the next Government", adding "collaboration with BRM is unlikely considering 'how they manipulated PDM MPs'". The Weekly Edition also reported that bIuvye responded that he "had sources telling him that some in the party still have his support and would work with him in his new Cabinet", and adding further that bIuvye acknowledges that "the PDM leadership is overall negative and against this idea of working with him but 'it doesn't mean the whole party is united in refusal'". One of the correspondents of The Weekly Edition in Istana Negara overheard yaoshiiscool and bIuvye discussing terms. It was reported that the discussion was related to the position of the Deputy Prime Minister. At the time, the list of bIuvye's Cabinet was unclear and unintelligible.

Appointment
On 14th of August, 2100 GMT+8, bIuvye was officially appointed the 29th Prime Minister of Malaysia. Immediately after his appointment, he appointed PROBLOXALIEN as Attorney General.

August 15: Formation of Progressive Homeland Party, detention of 31 criminals
After Un_confron's departure from Parti Demokratik Malaysia, he formed a new party named "Progressive Homeland Party".

On bIuvye's first day, his appointment was received with controversy and backlash. At the time, bIuvye was demanded that he release the names of the Cabinet and he responded that he "will be giving you all a press statement, (at) 9:30pm". It was found out that the "press statement" was a ministerial order regarding his initial plan to arrest criminals under Internal Security Act 2021.

Titled "Ministerial Order #001", it contained the detention of 31 criminals for the duration of five months, roughly until January 2023. The Order was immediately responded with controversy and backlash, due to the fact that it was not the "press statement" the public were promised, but also the duration of the detention. CynicallyClash dubbed the order as "a gross violation of civil rights". bIuvye responded to the backlash, "I GOT THE LIST FROM PDRM! THEY WANTED ME TO DO THIS!". According to The Weekly Edition, the Attorney General said "I told him to read it again before releasing". The Attorney-General's Chambers released a press statement and the Order was quickly revoked moments later, however was reinstated the next day with a shorter detention period of thirty days.

August 15: Collusion revealed, protests
yaoshiiscool called for the resignation of bIuvye as Prime Minister for "violating the Ministerial Code of Conduct and Ethics" and brought proof of bIuvye secretly colluding with Barisan Rakyat Malaysia. bIuvye previously denied that he knew anything about a backdoor government and that he did not know that Barisan Rakyat Malaysia was going to be in favour of him. Anonymous account "xyourballot" came back and sent the images in a poster with the text "CORRUPT OFFICIALS OF THE YEAR" and "COLLUSION OF THE HISTORY".

After a collusion between bIuvye and Barisan Rakyat Malaysia was revealed, yaoshiiscool went on to protest and increased in numbers. More politicians and civilians joined in on the protest. bIuvye was also found to be participating in the protest, countering the protests put against him. An argument between yaoshiiscool and bIuvye in the protest erupted, however it did not end violent.