Pakatan Harapan does not have to lure Umno leaders to jump ship and join the alliance as it has already succeeded in forming a strong government, said PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali said.

Azmin, who is also Economic Affairs minister, however, said that if Umno leaders personally felt that their party had been damaged, then they had every right to quit and join Harapan to continue serving the people.

He said this to reporters after attending the Bual Bicara Muafakat programme with PKR supporters in Bemban, Malacca, last night.

Also present were PKR vice-presidents Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and Tian Chua.

In a similar event in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan later, Azmin announced that the PKR election machinery would meet in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to discuss in detail the preparations for the Port Dickson parliamentary by-election scheduled for Oct 13.

He said the meeting was to ensure the smooth running of the operations and also to ensure victory for PKR president-elect Anwar Ibrahim.

-- Bernama