Agence France-Presse - 9/16/2008 6:52 AM GMT
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Tuesday he has secured the support of at least 31 government lawmakers, enabling him to form a new administration with a slim majority.
"We have a slight majority, it is in excess of 31," he said of the number of parliamentarians from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition who have agreed to switch sides. He did not reveal any names of the lawmakers.
In March elections Anwar's three-member opposition alliance gained 80 seats in the 222-seat parliament, with the coalition holding 140 and losing its two-thirds majority for the first time.
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