“The message is not correct. I deny that I will vacate the Nibong Tebal seat. I will not give up the Nibong Tebal seat,” he said when contacted today.

According to the message, a special PKR meeting which was held this afternoon, had agreed that Mansor would give up his post as Nibong Tebal MP to make way for the PKR president-elect.

The message also said that the Penang PKR chairman would be appointed Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri.

However, sources said that no special PKR meeting was held this afternoon.

In the 14th general election, Mansor who is the incumbent for the constituency, defeated Shaik Hussein Mydin (BN), Mohd Hilmi Haron (PAS) and Tan Tee Beng (Independent) in a four-cornered fight with a majority of 15,817 votes.

During the Sungai Kandis by-election, Anwar was reported as saying that a parliamentary seat would be vacated to allow him to contest and hinted that he would return as MP by year end.

PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today confirmed that an announcement on which parliamentary seat the former deputy prime minister will vie for would only be made after he returns from Hong Kong this Wednesday.