Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says the government is open to signing confidence and supply agreements (CSAs) with any opposition member of parliament, not just those from Bersatu.
He said there were no conditions attached to the arrangement, following the signing of an agreement involving 13 MPs on Thursday.
‘We have no conditions on any opposition MP. We have no conditions,’ he told reporters after attending Friday prayers at Masjid Al Muqarabbin.
Anwar was responding to a question on whether the arrangement involving Bersatu MPs could be extended to opposition representatives from other parties.
Agreement involves 13 opposition MPs
Thursday’s agreement involved six Bersatu MPs, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and six independent MPs who had previously declared their support for Anwar.
The six Bersatu MPs were Muhyiddin Yassin (Pagoh), Radzi Jidin (Putrajaya), Ali Biju (Saratok), Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah (Langkawi), Mohd Nazri Abu Hassan (Merbok) and Azman Nasrudin (Padang Serai).
The six independent MPs were Zulkafperi Hanapi (Tanjong Karang), Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal (Bukit Gantang), Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid (Kuala Kangsar), Mohd Azizi Abu Naim (Gua Musang), Zahari Kechik (Jeli) and Suhaili Abdul Rahman (Labuan).
Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof signed the agreement on behalf of the government.
Under the CSA, the signatories agreed to support the government’s 2027 Budget and proposed institutional reforms, including limiting the prime minister’s tenure to two terms and separating the roles of the attorney-general and public prosecutor.
In return, they would receive constituency development allocations equivalent to those given to government MPs.
Anwar says arrangement follows previous government’s approach
Anwar said the government was applying the same principle adopted by the previous administration when parliamentary allocations were discussed with opposition MPs.
He cited the understanding between Pakatan Harapan and the government led by Ismail Sabri Yaakob, when he was the opposition leader.
‘The principle is the same as what I did when I was opposition leader and the government at the time comprised Umno, Pas and Bersatu.
‘When they proposed discussing allocations, that was what we did. So there is nothing unusual about this,’ he said.
Anwar stressed that the current government was not introducing new rules.
‘This is open to anyone who wishes to agree, based on the approach they themselves adopted previously.
‘These are not rules introduced by our government. They were used by the previous government, which included Bersatu, Pas and Barisan Nasional,’ he said.
He added that allocations channelled through MPs would be subject to the understanding agreed upon under the arrangement.
