PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan has likened the turnout of nearly 20,000 people at the Turun Anwar rally today as a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Takiyuddin said Anwar should take heed of the turnout at today’s rally and make the “moral decision” to resign instead of waiting for a confidence motion to be brought against him in the Dewan Rakyat.
He also dismissed tabling a confidence motion, saying the number of MPs who would vote against Anwar may not reflect the sentiments of Malaysians nor reflect the number of Malaysians who were at the rally today.
“That’s why, to us, the real vote of no confidence is from the rakyat. That is what should be considered. When the prime minister sees this many people calling for his resignation, he should pay attention,” rather than wait for action to be taken against him in the Dewan Rakyat, Takiyuddin said when met after the rally ended.
The rally at Dataran Merdeka, organised by PAS Youth, was aimed at pressing for Anwar to resign as prime minister.
The youth wing claimed that more than 200,000 people took part, although police estimated that just 18,000 rally-goers were present.
Anwar has previously dared his rivals to table a parliamentary motion, saying he had already asked Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul to give priority to the motion if it was tabled.
