PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is to be wanting to meet with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has left the Putra Perdana building.
The PKR president was seen leaving the compound at 10.25am after just arriving about an hour earlier.
However, Dr Mahathir did not turn up for the meeting.
The cars ferrying Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng were also seen leaving the gates of Putra Perdana building.
They had also arrived along with Anwar to meet with the Prime Minister.
It is believed that they are heading for Dr Mahathir's residence at the Mines, Kuala Lumpur.
The flurry of activities over possible realignment of the country’s political landscape continues on Monday with several events taking place.
One of them is at Istana Negara where Dr Wan Azizah and Anwar, are scheduled to have an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at 2pm.
Another is an emergency meeting by DAP, a component party in Pakatan Harapan, at the party headquarters here.
On Sunday (Feb 23), several key leaders of the ruling government parties and also from the Opposition attended a special meeting at a hotel in Petaling Jaya. It was a closed meeting, raising questions over the purpose of the meeting.
Before that, there had been separate meetings involving several political parties amid talk of a possible realignment of the country’s political landscape.
Party leaders were tight-lipped as to what was discussed at the closed-door meetings, in the federal capital and Petaling Jaya, which drew intense media attention.
Earlier on Sunday, Umno held a special supreme council meeting for about two hours from 4pm at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).
Bersatu also held a special meeting at the party headquarters at Menara Yayasan Selangor in Petaling Jaya, chaired by party chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who declined to comment when reporters swarmed around him as he left the premises.
Several MPs from political parties in Sabah and Sarawak also held meetings in the federal capital.
Istana Negara was also a hive of activity as many vehicles were seen entering the palace grounds from about 5.30pm on Sunday, some with police escort. These vehicles were seen leaving about two hours later.
Anwar during an event at his Bukit Segambut residence on Sunday night, said his side is awaiting information on what he described as an attempt to set up a new government. - Star
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