Pakatan Rakyat will not push for no-confidence vote, says Anwar - The Star

By Shahanaaz Habib and Raslan Sharif

PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Rakyat will not push for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament for now.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was instrumental in putting together the Pakatan Rakyat coalition of PKR, DAP and PAS, said for the moment the issue did not arise.

We don’t find it a necessity nor critical,” he said, adding that the leaders of the three Pakatan Rakyat parties would continue to monitor and discuss the situation closely.

There has been talk that the Opposition would try to move a vote of no-confidence against Abdullah when Parliament convenes later this month.

Anwar, who will be eligible to hold public office again from April 15 after a five-year ban, said he was in no rush to get back into the fray.

Saying this was not a priority, he said he did not expect to contest in a by-election “in the next few months.”

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