No sacking of members who supported Azmin Ali: Anwar
02 March, 2020
Several Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) leaders who were earlier seen supporting former PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and his group wouldn't normally be sacked from the party.
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said the party accepted the explanation of several leaders concerned who claimed they were cheated and betrayed.
The other day, the party had sacked Azmin and vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin, who was simply aligned to him. Almost simultaneously, Azmin, Zuraida and nine other PKR MPs announced their resignation from the party.
The sackings came amid political turmoil that resulted in Dr Mahathir Mohamad resigning on Monday.
On Sunday, Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as Malaysia' eighth Prime Minister after weekly of tussling among political factions on who was to become the country's next leader.
“No, no, They are not leaving the party. I accept (their explanations) they are still loyal. In the meeting, they said they supported them but didn't know of the coalition with PAS, UMNO or wished to betray the party, so we aren't blaming the supporters.
"They admitted these were duped by the overall game of several leaders, therefore i need to defuse the problem to strengthen the party,” he told reporters after chairing a special ending up in PKR members of Parliament and assemblymen.
Among those present were PKR vice-president Tian Chua, Wanita chief Haniza Mohamed Talha, deputy Wanita chief Daroyah Alwi and Seberang Jaya assemblyman Dr Afif Bahardin.
Anwar said PKR decided to continue with the party's stand to give attention to the people's agenda, defending justice and stop the robbery of public assets.
When asked whether his position as the eighth prime minister was stolen from him, Anwar said he accepted the actual fact.
"I mean clearly there is treachery, but as I've said we need to move on. I was magnanimous enough to accept that we need to form this understanding with Tun M (Dr Mahathir Mohamad)," he said.
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