PAS will press ahead with the rally on Jan 6 despite Umno, the rally organiser, backing out, said the Islamist party secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.

“The solidarity rally is about defending Agong’s powers and prerogative from being manipulated, apart from supporting former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s efforts to get justice under the same principles.

“As such, PAS has no plans to...