Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Takiyuddin Hassan has written to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to request three candidates who will sit on the independent committee that will recommend to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong if the emergency declaration could be ended earlier than its current August date.

Government sources told Malaysiakini the letter has been sent to Anwar.

With its details yet to be made available, several Pakatan Harapan leaders, however, expressed reservations over the bipartisan committee announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in his televised address on Tuesday to announce the emergency declaration.