KUALA LUMPUR: Istana Negara has again become the attention of Malaysians as coalition and political leaders are expected to submit support for their respective 10th prime minister candidate to the King before 2pm.
About 100 media personnel have camped outside the palace starting 8am to report on the latest political development.
Yesterday, Comptroller of the Istana Negara Datuk Seri Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah had consented the name and numbers submission process be postponed to 2pm today.
He said this was following the request from coalition leaders and politcal leaders.
After the Nov 19 poll, Election Commission declared that none of the parties command a simple majority to form a new government.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) led by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won 82 parliamentary seats, Periktan Nasional (PN) that led by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin secured 73 seats, followed by Barisan Nasional (BN) led by Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that won 30 seats.
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) led by Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg won 23 seats, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) with six seats, Parti Warisan Sabah with three seats, Parti Bangsa Malaysia secured one seat and two independent candidates won.
PN and PH has both claimed that they had simple majority to form a new government.