PAS suggested a vote of confidence to keep prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir for his full term, contradicting his promise to hand over the post to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. This further fuel rumours of a backdoor government forming between PAS, UMNO and Bersatu. We talk to Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate at the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute on what this means for the future power transition.