He said the pledge was made when Ismail met him, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in Parliament today.

Pakatan Harapan (PH) told the government last month that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two sides would be declared void if the anti-hopping bill was not tabled in the current Dewan Rakyat meeting.

Anwar said PH had told Ismail the MoU would be “automatically cancelled” if the demand was not met.

At today’s meeting with the prime minister, Anwar said the opposition party leaders had proposed that flexibility of SOPs be given in the campaigning for the Johor state elections.

“We also reiterated our stance in Parliament this morning that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should act without being selective (on prosecutions),” he said in a Facebook post.

Ismail told the Dewan Rakyat earlier today the government was fully committed to tackling corruption and did not practise selective prosecution.

Replying to Anwar’s claim that Malaysia’s drop in the latest Transparency International annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking was due to the government’s lack of political will to address the issue, the prime minister highlighted the numerous ongoing corruption cases in court involving political leaders.

“It doesn’t matter if they are from the government or opposition. This (the court cases) shows that the government is serious in taking action against anyone suspected to be involved in corruption,” Ismail said.

“The government is not protecting anyone.”