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Pakatan Harapan organisational structure nearing completion

The organisational structure of Pakatan Harapan, which consists of major leaders from the opposition coalition of PKR, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, DAP and Parti Amanah Negara, is nearing completion following their final stage of negotiations.

Sources indicated to Malaysiakini that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has agreed for former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to play a major role in the coalition, possibly as its chairperson, while he is serving time in prison.

However, should the opposition coalition win Putrajaya in the next general election, it would work to ensure Anwar is released from prison and is given a pardon. Anwar is currently serving his five-year jail term for Sodomy II, a charge he maintains is politically motivated.

It is understood that Mahathir wants Harapan to have a similar structure as the Barisan Nasional, the coalition he helmed for 22 years, in which the party Umno plays the dominant role. That role is envisaged to be played by Bersatu.

While it is understood that Amanah and DAP have no reservations about Mahathir leading Harapan in a bid to unseat Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, the opposition is said to come from PKR...

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