No need to support me to get allocations, Anwar tells PN

 

Anwar Ibrahim said discussions on opposition funding are not new, as he himself had gone through them when Ismail Sabri Yaakob was the prime minister.

BANGI: 

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says there has never been any condition for opposition MPs to support him in order to receive allocations.

“We have never imposed any such conditions,” he told a press conference after the ministerial retreat here today.

He reiterated his advice for Perikatan Nasional MPs to hold discussions with his deputy, Fadillah Yusof, on the allocations.

He pointed out that such discussions were not unprecedented, recalling his own negotiations with the ninth prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, when Pakatan Harapan was in the opposition.

“I think this matter should not be sensationalised, as holding discussions is nothing new. Let’s discuss it first,” he said.

Asked whether he would personally meet with opposition representatives on the issue, Anwar said it was unnecessary as Fadillah had been given the mandate to reach a consensus with them.

This comes after Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul urged the opposition to negotiate with the federal government for financial allocations for their constituencies since the matter was at the prime minister’s discretion. - FMT