KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 ― Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed today Jusuf Kalla never criticised him for breaking a pre-election agreement with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, saying the former Indonesian vice-president has denied doing so as reported.

Jusuf’s purported criticism of Anwar (picture) was first carried by a blog linked to ruling party Umno and was later reported by government-owned newspapers.

Today, the PKR adviser claimed he had clarified the issue with Jusuf and that the former Indonesian vice-president denied giving any interviews to any Malaysian media.

“Jusuf is very concerned about the political developments in Malaysia and consider me and him to be in very good terms. That is why I gave him time to give explanation.

“From the beginning I was never convinced that he had issued such harsh statement,” Anwar told reporters in Parliament here.

Berita Harian and the New Straits Time had reported Jusuf as criticising Anwar for breaking the pre-election agreement requiring Barisan Nasional (BN) and the opposition coalition to accept the Election 2013 result.

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) had refused to accept the May 5 polls outcome due to alleged irregularities.

The federal opposition bloc had since held a series of rallies nationwide to protest the results. It had also filed more than 30 election petitions to challenge some of the votes.

According to the two newspapers, Jusuf had accused the opposition of receiving foreign funding to finance the rallies.

Anwar claimed he has in possession the email correspondence between him and Jusuf to prove that the Indonesian leader had denied making the statement.

“Jusuf had spoken to me several times, asking me not to issue any statement on the matter until Berita Harian corrects its report. He knows that the Malaysian media likes to spin things,” the opposition leader said.

BN recorded its poorest polls performance since Independence under Najib although it retained power by winning 133 seats against PR’s 89.

In the last polls, the ruling coalition won 142 seats.

BN also lost the popular vote for the first time in Malaysia’s political history, garnering only 47 per cent of the total votes while PR took 51 per cent.