KUALA LUMPUR: Various political blocks are meeting the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah at Istana Negara here, in the search for a new government following the collapse of Pakatan Harapan yesterday.
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3:35 pm: Sarawak’s ruling coalition Gabungan Parti Sarawak has informed the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong that all its MPs fully support the leadership of Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In a statement, the coalition said its chairman, Sarawak chief minister Abang Johari Openg, has been given the mandate to back Mahathir “in the interest of the nation”.
3.35 pm: A convoy of vehicles, including two buses, ferrying BN MPs arrived at Istana Negara. Among those spotted on one of the buses were former prime minister Najib Razak, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, former minister Ahmad Maslan and MCA’s Wee Jeck Seng. Others present included Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa and former Federal Territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
3.20pm: Batang Sadong MP Nancy Shukri, Petra Jaya MP Fadillah Yusof and Santubong MP Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar arrive for the audience with the King.
3.17pm: Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah returned to the palace after having been there earlier in the morning.
3.08pm: Former Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein, who is Sembrong MP, arrived at the palace in his own vehicle. “Biar saya menghadap Tuanku (let me go for my audience with the King),” he told reporters.
2.46 pm: A bus carrying PAS MPs arrived at the palace.
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