Anwar Ibrahim as the leader with the biggest bloc of MPs who won the 15GE should be given the first chance to form the Federal Government in Putrajaya before others or Malaysia will not practising parliamentary democracy

Anwar Ibrahim, as the leader of the biggest bloc of Members of Parliament who won the 15th General Election, should be given the first chance to form the Federal Government in Putrajaya before others or Malaysia will not be practising parliamentary democracy.

Anwar should be given a time-frame to form the Federal Government, and if he is unable to get more than 112 MPs to support him, which is a simple majority in Parliament, only then should the Yang di Pertuan Agong ask the another candidate to try to form the Federal Government.

Malaysia has had two “backdoor” Prime Ministers and Malaysians do not want a third “backdoor” Prime Minister.

We are now in the era of coalitions politics, and we should start with a proper procedure that will not subject Malaysia to the mockery of the world.

Lim Kit Siang DAP Veteran