Pakatan Harapan will no longer agree to disagree, and any party that breaks from the coalition’s consensus will be given the boot.

“Agreeing to disagree is no longer the principles of Pakatan Harapan.

“The three parties are free to make their own political decisions, as long as it does not go against the agreement and mutual decisions inked today, or those made by the presidential council,” said PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli.

He said this at the Pakatan Harapan leadership summit in Shah Alam today, where PKR, DAP and Amanah will sign a common agreement to seal their pact.

Amanah organising secretary Suhaizan Kaiat said if any party is found to have breached the agreement, the other parties in Pakatan Harapan have a right to kick the other party out of the coalition.

“The status of Pakatan Harapan as a political pact between the parties can only be announced by the presidential council,” Suhaizan added.

This clause in the Pakatan Harapan agreement effectively means the pact can’t be unilaterally dissolved.

This would prevent what had happened with Pakatan Rakyat, which fell apart after DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang announced its death.

Meanwhile DAP organising secretary Anthony Loke announced that under the agreement, three-cornered fights involving more than one Pakatan Harapan party will be a thing of the past.

“Pakatan Harapan will only field one candidate to represent the pact in any election,” Loke said.

He said the candidates will be picked by their respective parties, while the distribution of seats will be decided by a election committee.

All decisions must be approved by the presidential council, he said.

The Seremban MP said parties are also barred from conducting direct negotiations with parties outside of Pakatan Harapan post-elections.

“This includes the forming of government or an administration, except if the presidential council is informed first,” Loke said.