The current parliamentary sitting is expected to end with a bang tomorrow with the House set to debate the motion to censure Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim over his ‘1Malaysia-One Israel’ allegations.

As one BN insider puts it, "You can bring popcorn and Coke. It's bound to be entertaining. I’m bringing in supporters from my constituency."

"At 10am tomorrow, I will table the motion and KJ (Rembau MP Khairy Jamaluddin) will second that," said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Aziz.

"There will be eight debaters. Four from BN and four from Pakatan.

parliament gobind singh ban over nazri mistake 251108 04 "The debaters from BN side will probably be Khairy, Abdul Rahman Dahlan (Umno-Kota Belud), Nur Jazlan Mohamad (Umno-Pulai) or Chua Tee Yong (MCA-Labis).

"I will speak last to wind up the debate."

Nazri said that the line-up for Pakatan debaters are expected to be Azmin Ali (PKR-Gombak), Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur), Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS-Marang) or Mahfuz Omar (PAS-Pokok Sena).

"Anwar (PKR-Permatang Pauh) will speak last from their side," said the minister.

Quizzed on whether Wangsa Maju parliamentarian Wee Choo Keong would be joining in the debate, Nazri said:

"No, he is not going to speak. We don't want him to jump. We want him to stay inside (PKR) and cause a lot more problems for them," he quipped.

Speculation has been that Wee may use Parliament to speak out against his own party thus engineering his own ‘respectable exit’ from the party by being booted out following disciplinary action rather than him having to announce his crossover to a rival party.

It’s a free-for-all

Nazri also took a jab against Anwar for wanting to speak last at tomorrow's debate.

NONE "I reminded him that he is no longer a minister. I’m the minister now and I shall wind up the debate. He has agreed to speak second last."

Nazri added that tomorrow's proceedings would be a ‘free-for-all’ and a ‘no-holds-barred’ affair.

"There will be no time limit for the motion. They can even ask questions during the reading." Asked about his strategy will be tomorrow, Nazri shrugged and said, "I will listen to what they are saying first."

Questioned if he has all the ‘ammunition’ he needed to counter Pakatan Rakyat's arguments, Nazri smiled and indicated that he was ready for battle.

Meanwhile, Pakatan leaders too are preparing for tomorrow's rumble in Parliament. Kuala Selangor parliamentarian Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad of PAS said tomorrow is an important moment for the opposition and they are taking it seriously.

"We are prepared for anything that they may throw at Anwar. I think it was unwise of them to do this, but we will be ready," he added. Dzulkefly also confirmed that there will be one representative each from DAP, PKR and PAS for tomorrow’s debate in addition to Anwar.

"The issue is not about numbers. If you go by numbers, we will lose. We will go with the strength of the things that we are going to argue.

"I hope that members from the BN side, will see this as a bipartisan issue and one of national security. Like in some countries, they don't always vote along party lines," said Dzulkefly.

DAP supremo Lim, said Pakatan will marshal all its MPs tomorrow. "All Pakatan MPs will definitely be mobilised. All DAP parliamentarians have been told to be present, and I’m sure all the other Pakatan representatives will be on stand-by as well."

Najib and Apco

Anwar is to face the music tomorrow for his earlier remarks in Parliament alleging that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's ‘1Malaysia’ campaign is a carbon-copy of Israel's ‘One Israel’ concept.

Brought to book under standing order 36(12) for misleading the House, tomorrow's motion may see Anwar dragged before the powerful parliamentary rights and privileges committee.

NONE Anwar could then be suspended from Parliament if found guilty of the charge.

Anwar was given a chance to explain his remark to the House late last month. However, his explanation was rejected by the government MPs.

Anwar has also alleged that Apco Worldwide , a Washington-based consulting company hired by the Najib government for ‘strategic communications’ was behind both the ‘1Malaysia’ and ‘One Israel’ slogans.

Apco has, however, denied Anwar's claims though the government has confirmed it paid Apco RM77 million for a one-year contract.