Fadillah: Party chiefs backing Anwar to sign agreement tomorrow

Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof confirmed that all political parties that support Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister will be signing an agreement tomorrow.

This comes ahead of a confidence vote in Parliament on Monday.

According to Berita Harian, Fadillah (above) said this will involve all party chiefs who had previously voiced their support to Anwar.

"All party chiefs had discussed, even today, I am going back for a meeting at the GPS level to view the content of the agreement,” he added.

Earlier, Berita Harian also reported Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal as saying that he will be attending the agreement signing ceremony tomorrow - to support Anwar and the coalition government.

"We will have a meeting this Friday to sign the agreement between Pakatan Harapan and other parties, I will be attending," said Shafie in a statement last night.

However, Shafie didn't reveal the details of the agreement.

Anwar had said leaders of the other coalitions in his government have agreed to back him.

“The heads of BN, GPS, GRS, Warisan and other parties have given their commitment and we can continue (governing),” the Harapan chairperson told a press conference in Putrajaya yesterday.

A vote of confidence is scheduled to be tabled during the two-day Parliament sitting starting Dec 19.

On the day he was sworn in as prime minister, Anwar himself mooted the vote of confidence after Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin raised doubts over the number of parliamentarians backing the former.

The government Anwar is currently heading comprises Harapan, BN and GPS - with a combined number of 135 MPs.

Another 13 MPs from GRS, Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat, Parti Bangsa Malaysia and two independents have also pledged support for Anwar.

Leaders remain coy

On that note, Fadillah also said he doesn't have details of the agreement.

Meanwhile, Harian Metro quoted Fadillah saying issues related to promises in the manifestos were not discussed in the cabinet meeting.

This was because, he added, the coalition government cannot just follow a manifesto from any single party and the current focus is reducing the cost of living.

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