KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will table a motion tomorrow to seek Parliament’s consent to form a parliamentary select committee (PSC) to pore over every detail related to the search and rescue operation for the missing flight MH370.

PR MPs said at a press conference at the Parliament lobby today that the committee is needed to show solidarity in the face of the crisis, which is now in its 12th day.

“The parliamentary select committee is to assist the search and rescue operation, and at the end of the search and rescue, to investigate and get to the bottom of the controversy and confusion over MH370,” said DAP parliamentary leader and Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang.

“The Malaysian Parliament should show an example... we do what we can to show unity in the hope that the 239 persons can survive intact and show concern, regardless of party, race, religion and even nationality.

“This would be a clear signal not only to Malaysians but also the world that on this issue, we stand united,” Lim added.

DAP’s Seremban MP Anthony Loke will be putting forward the proposal after Question Time tomorrow.

PKR’s Batu Pahat MP Datuk Mohd Idris Jusi said such a committee would help Malaysia in the future by addressing its shortcomings raised through the search for the missing airplane.

“If we were to study this case in detail, we can learn a lot. This is for everyone, not for us, and we are hoping our colleagues in Barisan Nasional will support this motion because all have shown their concern in this issue,” he said.

PAS’ Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin stressed that Parliament has a duty to do whatever it can to contribute to efforts to deal with what has now become arguably the largest ever search and rescue operation in aviation history.

“In such a big issue, no major Parliament (in the world) will sit back and do nothing. People are watching us... this is the least we can do,” he said.

The search for the Malaysia Airlines-owned Boeing 777-200 is now on two corridors west of Peninsula Malaysia, which covers over 2.24 million square nautical miles.