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Tense week ahead for Malaysian politics, with Anwar set to meet King to stake claim for power

2020-10-09 08:58:15       source:The Straits Times

October 8, 2020


KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday (Oct 8) that the King, Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin, has granted him an audience next Tuesday over his claims that he has secured a formidable majority among the country’s elected parliamentary representatives to form a new government.


A scheduled meeting on Sept 22 was postponed after the monarch was taken ill, Datuk Seri Anwar said in a statement.


“At the meeting, I will present documentation of the strong and convincing majority of MPs as I mentioned earlier,” he said.


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