PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 2026 — DAP maintains there is no need for the Unity Government to dissolve Parliament as long as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim commands majority support in the Dewan Rakyat.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the Unity Government was formed on an understanding after the 15th General Election, with Members of Parliament from the respective parties given a five-year mandate.
“After the last general election, several parties and coalitions, on the advice of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the time, formed this Unity Government. As long as that understanding is maintained and there is majority support from Members of Parliament, there is no need to dissolve Parliament at this point because this parliamentary term still has 15 months until the end of next year,” he said.
Loke was speaking at a press conference after officiating the DAP National Women’s Congress 2026 here. Also present was DAP national women’s chief Teo Nie Ching.
He said the remaining 15 months should be used to carry out the changes and agenda agreed by the coalition partners in the Unity Government.
These include proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution, among them the separation of the roles of the Attorney General and the Public Prosecutor, which has been agreed at Cabinet level and brought to Parliament.
“The agenda to limit the prime minister’s tenure to two terms, or 10 years, has also been agreed by the Cabinet and has even been brought to Parliament. So these are two major matters that should be the government’s focus in the upcoming parliamentary sitting, besides the tabling of Budget 2027,” he said.
Loke said the government’s main focus now should be implementing the promised reform agenda, not thinking about elections.
On relations among component parties, he said no problem had arisen as all parties remain in the Unity Government.
He added that politicking is normal in any coalition government and is not unique to Malaysia.
“That doesn’t mean that there is no politicking. Political parties, of course — nobody can stop any political party and politician from politicking. This is quite usual, not only in Malaysia, in any other country where there is a coalition government. Politicking takes place all the time. This is not new even to us. I mean, in the previous government, the same things happened.
“As far as we are concerned, unless a party makes a decision that they no longer support the current prime minister and the current government, that is a different story. As long as that commitment is still there, that parties are supporting the current set-up, the current government, the current prime minister, there is no reason for Parliament to be dissolved because the prime minister still enjoys the majority support of all the members of Parliament,” he said.
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