KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s King has summoned Prime Minister candidates from both Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) to the Palace on Tuesday evening after the Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance decided to remain in opposition, leaving no leader with a simple majority of Parliament.
Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah must now decide whether to appoint a minority government led by either PH leader Anwar Ibrahim or PN’s chief Muhyiddin Yassin, or request that some form of unity government be established between the two largest blocs that emerged from the closely-fought general election on Saturday.
“As no MP has the confidence of a simple majority, His Majesty has consented to an audience with leaders of the Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional coalition at 4.30pm,” read a statement from the Palace issued on Tuesday.
Both PH and PN are short of the 112 MPs needed to claim a simple majority in Parliament, and the support of 30 MPs from Umno-led BN would have been enough to get either side past the threshold.
“The BN supreme council has decided not to support either coalition to form government. BN agreed to remain in opposition,” said caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
This is despite BN holding shock Monday morning talks with PH leaders, including its prime ministerial candidate Anwar.
“We have made a decision. Leave it to the BN secretary-general to make the statement. No declarations have been signed. We are not siding (with anyone),” Umno’s Jelebu MP Jalaluddin Alias told reporters after the BN meeting on Tuesday.
When met by reporters gathered outside the palace after 2pm on Tuesday, the King Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah called on all parties to respect the electorate’s decision.
“The people are asked to be patient, and accept the decision of the people, the elected representatives, and myself. We have to be rational, we have to move on. Let me make a decision,” he told the media.
Speaker of Parliament Azhar Harun was seen arriving at the national palace at 1.30pm, local media reported.
Several BN MPs have insisted they would not work with Mr Anwar, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat president, or the Democratic Action Party which has the most number of MPs within PH’s 82-seat bloc.
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2022-11-22 08:07:47Z
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