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KUCHING (September 24): Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) said today that it will remain independent and will not join any alliance or coalition as speculation grows about Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s claim to have a majority in parliament to be the next prime minister.
The party secretariat said in a statement that the PSB has been consistent and firm in its stance to support the parties that won the people’s mandate in the 14th general election (GE14).
“The rakyat gave the mandate to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance and we must respect the wishes of the people until the next general election.
“PSB will not jump here and there. It should be emphasized that PSB will remain independent and will not join any alliance or coalition, ”the statement said.
PSB has two Members of Parliament (MP).
At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Anwar claimed to have secured a “strong and formidable majority” to form the next government, adding that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s government had fallen.
However, the president of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat and leader of Pakatan Harapan (PH) refused to reveal how many of the 222 members of Dewan Rakyat are now with him or which party they are from, pending an audience with the Yang-di Pertuan. Agong.
Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional, a flexible coalition comprising GPS and other parties, hangs by a thread in parliament with reportedly 113 out of 222 seats.
PH, which includes Parti Amanah Negara and the Democratic Action Party, currently has 91 deputies.
Anwar’s refusal to announce the MPs who are supposedly backing him has led to much speculation about who they might be.
So far, only Amanah Chairman Mohamad Sabu has confirmed that all of his 11 MPs would support Anwar, while Democratic Action Party Secretary General Lim Guan Eng indicated that his party did not know Anwar would make the announcement.
The President of Umno, Datuk Seri, Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, however, had claimed that he had received information that many MPs from Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) had expressed their support for Anwar. BN has 43 deputies, 39 of them from Umno.
In Sarawak, Gabungan Parti Sarawak, which holds 18 of the state’s 31 parliamentary seats, has maintained its support for Muhyiddin.
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