Anwar arrives at BN leadership meeting
KOUSALYA SELVAM HAJAR UMIRA MD ZAKI
KUALA LUMPUR – Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrives at a hotel in the city capital, believed to be for a meeting between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) today.
Anwar, clad in a blue shirt, arrived in a black BMW at about 10.30am.
As he alighted from the car, he joked about how he had forgotten to button his shirt.
When asked to comment about the meeting, Anwar apologised but said he was already late.
“Sorry, sorry, I am already late,” he said.
When asked, “Do you have the numbers?”, Anwar smiled and gave a thumbs-up.
Earlier, many BN leaders had arrived at the hotel compound including president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Secretary-General Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and many more.
Based on the official results of the 15th General Election (GE15) there were no party that could create a simple majority of 50 per cent of 219 Parliamentary seats contested to form the government.
Anwar stated that PH had the majority to form the Federal government.
The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president was confident he would be given a chance to become prime minister.
The Election Commission (EC) through a statement on Sunday revealed that PH had won 82 Parliament seats in GE15.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ordered the leaders of the political parties with the largest majority to present the new coalition and Prime Minister candidate to Istana Negara before 2pm, Monday.
