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KUALA LUMPUR: More visitors are expected to turn up at Parliament following the return of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the PKR de facto leader who has just won the Permatang Pauh by-election.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abd Aziz said he anticipated more people would go to Parliament, regardless of whether they are Anwar’s supporters or not.

However, Nazri also said that the Parliament sitting would still be the same.

"I prefer him (Anwar) to be inside (voted in as MP) rather than outside.

"In Parliament, people can ask him questions and he has to be responsible, accountable and answerable.

"I know the man,'' said Nazri, adding that he feared no one in Parliament.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said he did not expect anything lesser than a Deputy Prime Minister as Anwar was one.

"He was in that capacity before and the decorum must be there.

"I expect quarrel to take place in the Dewan but maybe he would be able to control those from the opposition,'' said Pandikar.

He also said security would not be tightened in Parliament and it would be business as usual.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar also told reporters at the Parliament Lobby that there would be no extra policemen nor roadblocks on Thursday.

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