Malaysia’s Anwar says he has ‘formidable’ majority of MPs to form new government, SE Asia

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday (Sept 23) that he has a “strong, convincing, formidable majority” to form a new government and said that the government of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has “collapsed”. He declined to give the exact number of MPs now on his side. A minimum of 112 MPs is needed to control Parliament in the 222-seat House. Prior to this, the three-party Pakatan Harapan coalition that he leads has 91 MPs – 38 lawmakers from his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, 42 from the Democratic Action Party and 11 from Parti Amanah Negara. Datuk Seri…