KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 28 -- Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is said to have pleaded with his Pakatan Harapan (PH) allies to give him "one more week" to prove he commands the majority in Dewan Rakyat, after failing to challenge Budget 2021 this week.

Sources within the pact told Malay Mail that the PKR president told component party leaders in Parliament after the voting on Thursday that he will prove that he has secured the number, which allegedly included Umno MPs, or that he will step down from leading PH.

"Anwar asks for one more week or else he will step down as Opposition (leader) and PH chief," said a source privy to the meeting but wished to remain anonymous.

Another source said PKR's PH allies, DAP and Parti Amanah Nega...