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PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng says he was under the impression that PKR President Anwar Ibrahim had managed to convince Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to join forces with Pakatan Harapan.
According to a Malaysiakini report, Lim, who was campaigning in Sabah, said Anwar informed him of his plans moments before making his announcement at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur that he had the numbers to form a new government.
At his press conference yesterday, Anwar also said that Yang di-Pertuan Agong had agreed to grant him an audience, although this had to be postponed after the king was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Monday.
“It gave the impression that he had GPS supporting him to have a comfortable majority. With GPS, it should be at least 120 MP, ”Lim said, as quoted.
Following Anwar’s announcement, GPS issued a press release denying any involvement in Anwar’s plan and reiterated its full support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s administration.
Later, Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed that many party MPs supported Anwar, despite the fact that other Umno leaders, including Zahid MP Mohamad Hasan, dismissed Anwar’s announcement as a “stunt”. .
Lim told Malaysiakini that another non-GPS party joining forces with PH was “unexpected.”
“I just want to say this, we were hoping it was GPS. When (people) talked about other parts, it was something unexpected, ”he said, adding that he could not discuss the matter with Anwar in detail because the line was bad and not secured.
The report also quoted DAP Supreme Lim Kit Siang as saying that Anwar had previously assured him that no deals would be reached with controversial figures in Umno.
“Anwar assured me that he was not contacting former Umno leaders like Najib (Najib Razak) and Zahid or the PAS leadership in the attempt to regain the mandate of the people that was illegally stolen in the ‘Sheraton Move’ conspiracy in February. of 2020 that overthrew the 22-month government of Pakatan Harapan ”, he said.
Kit Siang also said that she had not been in contact with Anwar since she came to Sabah to campaign on September 14 and that Anwar’s announcement was “a surprise to me as well as anyone else.”
