PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today expressed surprise when asked to comment on a claim that PKR had asked for 'one or two seats' from the DAP in Penang.

With a surprised look on her face, Wan Azizah however did not make any comment when asked on the particular question.

After being bombarded further, the opposition leader finally said that the issue in relation to the snap polls in Penang had been concluded after the state’s chief minister announced that DAP has decided to abandon plans to hold one in the state.

“Ha… actually this matter has been solved. The state administration will go on as usual.

"I believe the chief minister made the decision all for the good of the people of Penang," Wan Azizah told reporters when met at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah building in Shah Alam today.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng yesterday said the DAP decided to abandon plans to hold a snap state election in Penang because PKR did not agree with the proposal.

Lim had also claimed that it was proposed that the DAP give up one or two of its state seats in Penang to PKR but the DAP had then stated that this was not feasible.

Meanwhile, Wan Azizah described the cancellation of the snap election as the "right decision".

"This shows that we have an unchanged stance and that we take into account the views of other component parties," she said.

DAP had decided to hold snap polls to gauge public support for the party and for Lim who was slapped with two corruption charges on June 30.

Meanwhile, MCA publicity bureau chairperson Chai Kim Sen said cancelling the snap polls showed that DAP “has no principles and is irresponsible”.

Chai, who is also MCA deputy organising secretary, cited Lim who had once said that he would rather "die standing, than to live on (his) knees".

"But the announcement on the cancellation of snap polls makes one wonder if DAP is going to 'stand' or 'sit', 'lie down' or 'squat'," said Chai in a statement today.

"Cancelling snap polls shows that DAP is shaky in its stance, and will go all out playing double standard and gaining public sympathy to justify its own mistakes.”

The whole snap polls saga, he added, had highlighted the "lousy political trickery of DAP".