The coalition’s chairman Anwar Ibrahim said the matter was still being discussed with the leadership of each component party.

“We are still tied to the decision by the presidential council but the matter is being discussed again in detail with the leadership of each party,” he told reporters outside the PKR headquarters today.

The state governments of Penang, Selangor, and Negeri Sembilan are led by PH, whose leadership had previously opposed dissolving the state assemblies if Parliament was dissolved this year.

However, the Selangor state government has obtained royal assent to serve its full term until mid-2023.

DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook said PH hoped to arrive at a consensus on whether the legislative assemblies in states led by it should be dissolved this year or wait out their full term.

PKR information chief Fahmi Fadzil said a decision would be made within the next two days.