PKR's de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim tonight invited Barisan Nasional members of parliament to defect to his Pakatan Rakyat to "save Malaysia".

anwar aca notice lingam tape 221007 anwar solo "Come. Save this country, Malaysia! Let us bring down the BN government," he told a cheering crowd of about 10,000 at the Shah Alam Stadium tonight.

He also sent the crowd into frenzy by stating that he had already enticed two MPs from BN into Pakatan.

"Two have joined us," he said. While he did not reveal the identities of the two MPs, it is widely believed that he was referring to the two Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) MPs.

Sapp, led by Yong Teck Lee, today affirmed their stand to move or support a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament on Monday.

While they maintained that they would remain in Abdullah-led BN, many widely believe that the Sabah-based party was on its way to join Anwar's Pakatan.

Anwar had previously said that he would be able to form the federal government by Sept 16. He needs a total of 30 MPs to topple Abdullah's government.

"We need 30 and we have two now. Others will come," said Anwar in his 15-minute speech after he took the podium at 10.45pm.

Free rice and sugar

Anwar was the main speaker at Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor state government's 100 days in power celebrations.

The rally, held at the 80,000-capacity Shah Alam Stadium, was the highlight of the celebrations.

selangor govt pig issue 090408 khalid Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim in his speech outlined the various programmes introduced by his government since taking power after the March 8 general election.

He announced that the government was providing 20 cubic metres of free water to each household in the state.

"We have also set up funds for Selangor-born children. They will receive RM100 up to RM1,000 from the time of their birth to their entrance into university," he said in his 30-minute speech.

He also said that resources from the state's natural resources would be redistributed for the benefit of the people in the state.

Apart from that, Khalid also said that the state government has introduced an insurance scheme for the elderly as well as established a crisis centre for women and children.

The crowd was also showed a slideshow of the progress made by the state government in its first 100 days.

Kit Siang was last speaker

Selangor PAS commissioner and state exco member Hasan Ali, who was the organising chairperson for the rally, also spoke at the event.

Also present were all Selangor state exco members and leaders from all Pakatan coalition partners.

DAP's Lim Kit Siang was the last speaker and the celebration ended with his speech at about 11.20pm.

Also present were PAS vice-president Husam Musa and Kelantan exco member Mohamad Amar Nik Abdullah.

Mohamad Amar represented the other four Pakatan state governments of Kelantan, Kedah, Perak and Penang in his speech.

As part of its first 100 days, the state government today gave out free rice, sugar and milk to households with less than RM1,500 per month.

Watch 8-min video of Anwar's speech

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