Pakatan Rakyat component parties have until the end of the month to resolve seat negotiations, said its leadership council today.

Speaking after the council meeting at the PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said that after the deadline, any disputes will be handled by the council.

“We’ve asked the states to negotiate in a civil manner... and continue to share their views and to hand it over to us by the end of the month,” he said.

Pakatan had previously said that seat negotiations at state levels would conclude by the end of July.

Since then several states have been caught in public disputes about seats, including Johor where PKR and DAP have been at loggerheads.

Commenting on the disputes, Anwar said that it is “normal” to have differing views in negotiation, and that it should not be made an issue.

On Johor, PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali said that negotiations in the state are still ongoing, and that the “flare-ups” are negligible.

“There has been some small flare-ups, but we have given reminders for negotiations to continue,” he said, adding that any overlaps in claims for seats will be resolved.

NONE The situation in Johor turned ugly early this month, with Johor DAP chief Dr Boo Cheng Hau ( left ) revealing his discontent with PKR on microblogging site Twitter .

DAP is seeking several parliamentary seats in Johor which were contested by PKR in the previous election, with PAS said to be willing to make way for both the parties in six of its seats it contested in 2008.

Negotiations appeared to have collapsed yesterday with when Boo declared he will no longer negotiate with PKR, after more than a week of trading barbs with his PKR counterpart Dr Chua Jui Meng.

Meanwhile, Mustafa said that several other states have concluded their negotiations but declined to reveal which states.

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