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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Acting Prime Minister Shafie Apdal declined to comment on PKR President Anwar Ibrahim’s claim that he had the numbers to form a new government.
“I want to focus on Sabah,” the Warisan president said, repeating the response when pressed whether his party MPs were among those supporting the Port Dickson MP.
He said this when he met at an event in Dewan Masyarakat Ranau, here today.
At a press conference this morning, Anwar said the majority supporting him were Malaysian-Muslim MPs, though he did not reveal the number, saying he would only do so after an audience with the king.
Anwar also admitted that none of the MPs who had defected from Pakatan Harapan earlier this year were among those who now support him.
He said he had a “strong, formidable and convincing” level of support from MPs, adding that “the time for the Muhyiddin Yassin-led government is over.”
He also said the King had consented to grant him a hearing, although this had to be postponed after the latter was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Monday.
Since then, party leaders of the Perikatan Nasional component have supported Muhyiddin, while the prime minister has challenged Anwar to prove his claim.
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