Perikatan didn’t call for bloc vote so Anwar couldn’t prove two-third majority: Sivar

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KUALA LUMPUR – Perikatan Nasional (PN) did not request for a bloc vote in the motion of confidence on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday as the opposition did not want the prime minister’s two-thirds support to be on the record, according to a PKR’s R. Sivarasa. 

In a series of tweets today, he noted how PN had decided against calling for a bloc vote, also known as “division” voting in which individual ballots are counted, which he said could only be requested by those opposing a motion.

The former PKR vice-president and Sg Buloh MP said it was clear from an earlier vote to elect the new Dewan Rakyat Speaker yesterday that the opposition would only receive the support of 74 lawmakers.

This would mean that the votes in support of the prime minister would be 148, which is two-thirds of the lower house, he pointed out.

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