PAKATAN Harapan MPs will attend the one-day Parliament sitting tomorrow and disperse peacefully after the royal address, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said today.

Anwar said it was their responsibility to attend the session as subjects of a country with a constitutional monarchy.

“God willing, tomorrow we expect the Parliament session to convene with the royal address by His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, which we accept  as our responsibility as people of a country with constitutional monarchy, where we recognise the role and power as well as the sovereignty and eminence of the King,” he said on Facebook live today. 

“We, in Pakatan Harapan, have agreed that we will  show respect and disperse peacefully,” he added. 

However, he said the opposition bloc will comment on the one-day affair after the session. 

A statement is expected to be released by Anwar and other opposition leaders after the session wraps up. 

Anwar was set to speak tonight in a e-Ceramah alongside Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP assistant publicity secretary Yeo Bee Yin via Zoom. 

PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil was to moderate the talk. 

However, the session was cut short to only Anwar’s talk due to “unforeseen technical issues” on the popular online meeting app.  

Meanwhile, the Dewan Rakyat sitting tomorrow is the first of the year and for the new Perikatan Nasional government. 

The sitting was delayed from March 9 and will only hear the royal address before adjourning until July.

Tomorrow’s sitting was to have heard government matters on spending to mitigate the impact of Covid-19, but that was removed from the agenda last week, leading to outcry from the opposition that Muhyiddin Yassin was trying to avoid any debate on his legitimacy as prime minister.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad had submitted a motion of no confidence against Muhyiddin, which the speaker had accepted to be tabled. – May 17, 2020.