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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is expected to hold a press conference at 4.30pm on Tuesday (March 16) amid talks on collaboration between his Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and his supposed rival Umno left. in the next elections.
Invitations to the press conference were sent to the media on Tuesday morning on WhatsApp groups by his press secretary, following a report in the Mingguan Malaysia newspaper on Sunday, where Datuk Seri Anwar confirmed that there have been informal discussions. between both parties.
The press conference will be held at the Eastin Hotel in Petaling Jaya and will be broadcast on Facebook Live. Sources have said that Anwar is expected to address the issue of Umno and PKR collaboration for the upcoming general election.
According to sources, Mr. Anwar will meet and address the PKR MPs at 2.30 pm before the press conference.
“I’m not really sure what the problem is, but I think we can wait for what will be announced,” a source said briefly.
Earlier on Tuesday, PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil was also quoted by Utusan Malaysia as saying that the PKR-Umno cooperation has not been deliberated by the opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, but is confident that the cooperation will be accepted by the bases.
Meanwhile, talks about PKR veterans Nurul Izzah Anwar, who is Anwar’s daughter, and Rafizi Ramli returning to the spotlight, has also been very common in political rumors recently.
Anwar had told Mingguan Malaysia that he will try to convince leaders like Nurul Izzah and Rafizi to return to politics, as they were the kind of leaders with character to become successors to the party leadership.
“Even though they are quite stubborn … I respect their principles,” he said.
Nurul Izzah and Rafizi left active politics in December 2018 and 2019, respectively, after infighting in the PKR that pitted factions supporting Anwar against those aligned with former party vice president Azmin Ali.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, whose parliamentary majority has been in doubt since several Umno MPs withdrew their support for his government earlier this year, has vowed to hold snap elections once the ongoing state of emergency ends in August, or earlier. if the Covid -19 pandemic is under control.
Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had told the prime minister on February 26 that his party would not ally itself with ruling Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia in the upcoming general elections.
Umno had agreed to back Tan Sri Muhyiddin as prime minister a year ago after the collapse of the previous Pakatan Harapan government, but a faction in the party led by Datuk Seri Zahid and former prime minister Najib Razak has since agitated for a split.
Umno won 54 parliamentary seats in 2018, but was left with 38 seats after a dozen of his MPs defected to Bersatu.
PKR won 48 parliamentary seats in the last general elections, but was left with 35 seats after the departure of several of its deputies, including its former party vice president and Cabinet Minister Xavier Jayakumar, who left the party and gave his support to the PN government. . as an independent deputy on Saturday.
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