Kuala Lampur, March 1 -- Pakatan Harapan (PH) has announced today that it has the support of just 112 MPs to ask for the next Parliament sitting to resume on March 9 as scheduled, two less than it had initially claimed.

"This is the best opportunity to gauge the Prime Minister's support and end the political turmoil that has gripped the nation the past week," it said in a statement.

The pact also announced PKR secretary Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution as its new chief secretary, following the defection of Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah last week.

Saifuddin was was among the MPs aligned with Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali that left PKR in a power tussle that has seen a change in federal government for Malaysia.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and PH had...