PETALING JAYA: Sarawak DAP has thrown their support behind Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal instead of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the prime minister candidate for Pakatan Harapan.
Snubbing the coalition’s choice of PKR president Anwar, Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said they stood with their Sabah party counterparts in supporting Shafie.
He said that on July 13, after the Pakatan presidential council had affirmed its support for Anwar, the total number of MPs supporting this was only 109, short of the 112 required to form the government. “The main issue now is who, whether Anwar or Shafie, will be able to get the support of additional MPs to topple the Perikatan government?” he questioned.
“Having a prime minister from east Malaysia will help us move beyond the old politics that has entrapped us for so long and help shape a new nation of racial harmony and regional inclusivity in development, ” he said.
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