The government deferred debating and voting for the citizenship amendment bill because it was not confident of getting two-thirds support, Perikatan Nasional claimed today.

PN chief whip Takiyuddin Hassan said the number of MPs who attended the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Wednesday - when Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail tabled the bill - showed the government was short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the amendment...