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GEORGE TOWN: All 42 DAP MPs will back Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister if he has the numbers needed to form the government, says Lim Guan Eng (Photo).
The secretary general of the DAP, responding to the announcement by the opposition leader that he already had enough support from the parliamentarians to form a new federal government, said: “In accordance with the decision of the presidential council of Pakatan Harapan, the 42 parliamentarians of the DAP they will support Datuk Seri Anwar as prime minister if he has the numbers to form the government. “
DAP Vice President Chow Kon Yeow welcomed Anwar’s announcement, saying: “People are looking for a strong and stable government to run the country.
“A strong and supportive government is what the people are looking for and I hope Anwar can form such a government to lead the country to a common destiny, with a strong government to overcome the health pandemic and restore socioeconomic balance. .
“But since no numbers were released with Anwar saying that he will only announce it after he is granted an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, we will have to wait for this to happen,” Penang’s chief minister said at a conference yesterday. press.
As for Parti Amanah Negara, its chairman Mohamad Sabu said that the party’s 11 MPs supported Anwar.
“As decided during the Pakatan Harapan presidential council prior to this, Amanah confirms that all of its 11 MPs will fully support Anwar’s leadership and have given him our confidence to form a new government,” he said.
He said this in reference to Anwar’s announcement stating that he had the support of the majority to form the next government.
Former PKR youth deputy director Dr. Afif Bahardin played down the issue, saying Anwar’s announcement was ill-timed as the nation was recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“There wasn’t much showing up at this point and we will wait and see,” he said.
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