Saifuddin: Throwing support for Anwar’s PM bid not the same as defecting

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has argued that PKR’s past history of pursuing MPs from rival parties to support party president Anwar Ibrahim’s prime ministerial bid does not suggest its endorsement of party-hopping.

In a report by news portal Free Malaysia Today, Saifuddin said friendly MPs from rival parties were able to throw their support behind Anwar's bid to be the prime minister without having to change party allegiances.

“We (the opposition) sought...