<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been granted an audience with the King at the National Palace on Monday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The government chief secretary Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar was also present at the meeting, according to a post on the Facebook page of Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar. The agenda of the meeting was not disclosed.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The meeting comes after Anwar said on Sunday that he is considering calling a snap election amid escalating tensions among parties in the coalition government.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The next general elections must be held by February 2028, though Anwar, who leads a coalition government led by Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional, may advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to dissolve Parliament earlier.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The government may also decide to call a national election to coincide with state-level polls for Melaka and Johor, when their legislative assembles expire by February 2027.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Adding to the mix is the defections of Anwar’s once right-hand man and Pandan member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli, as well as Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.</p></div>


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