Pakatan Harapan’s seat distribution formula for Peninsular Malaysia will effectively put the necessary safeguards in place to prevent a prime minister from being overly powerful, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli said.

He explained that the equitable distribution of seats among Harapan parties meant that if they formed the next federal government, the new prime minister would still need the support of all four parties on policy or risk the government collapsing.

"If we win, no prime minister will ever be as powerful as what Dr Mahathir Mohamad was or what Najib Abdul Razak is today.

"This is even if we don't spell out all the institutional reforms now," Rafizi told Malaysiakini...