PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Anwar Ibrahim was misquoted in pledging to appoint three deputy prime ministers should the coalition win the coming general election, an aide said.
Anwar’s press secretary, Tunku Nashrul Tunku Abaidah, clarified that the PKR president had said only two deputy prime ministers would be appointed, not three.
He urged the media to correct their reports after misquoting Anwar at an event in Sandakan, Sabah, yesterday.
“The proposal was for one deputy prime minister from the peninsula and one from Sabah or Sarawak,” Tunku Nashrul said in a statement today.
Yesterday, Bernama reported that PH will maintain its commitment to appoint three deputy prime ministers if the coalition is voted into power in GE15.
It quoted Anwar as saying there will be one deputy prime minister from Peninsular Malaysia, one from Sabah and one from Sarawak.