PKR backs down from Parliament opening boycott threat

(The Star) – PKR will not boycott the opening ceremony of the 13th Parliament sitting after all.

The party’s political bureau made a unanimous decision Wednesday night not to boycott the sitting scheduled on June 24.

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin confirmed that the decision was unanimous.

She claimed that PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim‘s earlier suggestion to boycott the sitting in protest of alleged electoral fraud was spun.

“His statement was spun. We are not going to boycott,” she said when contacted.

Zuraida had earlier said the Wanita wing did not agree to the boycott as they needed to be present at Parliament to effectively represent the electorate.

Anwar, who is also the Opposition leader, was quoted in media saying PKR should perhaps look into boycotting the sitting in protest of alleged electoral fraud.

DAP and PAS leaders did not agree to the suggestion.