Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will continue as the Opposition leader in Parliament, although DAP won more seats than his Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) party.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said this was the consensus of the opposition's allies after the DAP won 38 seats, PKR (30) and PAS (21) in Sunday's 13th General Election (GE13).
"This is in keeping with our commitment that he will lead the Pakatan Rakyat government, whether in waiting or in Putrajaya," said the new Gelang Patah member of parliament in a press conference at the DAP's head office in Kuala Lumpur, Monday.
Meanwhile, DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke said the party would petition the Election Commission to challenge the results for three parliamentary seats, namely Bentong and Cameron Highlands in Pahang, and Labis in Johor.
DAP lost the Bentong seat to MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai with 376 majority votes, Cameron Highlands to MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel (462 majority votes) and Labis to MCA central committee member Datuk Chua Tee Yong (353 majority votes).
On another development, PJ Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua said the increased number of seats which Pakatan had captured in Selangor, especially in the semi-rural constituencies in the general election Sunday, showed that the party was supported not just by the Chinese, but also Malays and Indians.
He said this was evident, especially in the non-Chinese majority seats that it contested such as in Sungai Pelek and Telok Datuk in Selangor.
The Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor had won 44 state seats while BN only won 12.
"The resounding victory by Pakatan Rakyat is a ringing endorsement by the people in Selangor to our five years in power where the state government has rolled out massive amounts of people-centric programmes via 'Merakyatkan Ekonomi Selangor', as well as, proving our competence in a clean and transparent state administration," he said.
Bernama
Tue May 07 2013
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