‘Count me in’: Nurul Izzah to go for PKR veep’s post

 

Three-term Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar lost her seat in a shock defeat in the 2022 general election. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: 

Former Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar will be contesting for the PKR vice-presidency during the party’s elections in May.

The daughter of PKR president and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced her candidacy today, according to Bernama.

Nurul Izzah decided not to contest for a post during the 2022 party elections. However, she was later appointed as a PKR vice-president.

The other two appointed vice-presidents are deputy unity minister K Saraswathy and former Putatan MP Awang Husaini Sahari.

The four vice-presidents elected in 2022 are Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari, Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Aminuddin Harun and federal ministers Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Chang Lih Kang.

So far, Amirudin, Aminuddin and Nik Nazmi have announced that they would be defending their vice-presidencies.

Nurul Izzah was a three-term MP but lost her Permatang Pauh seat in a shock defeat during the 2022 general election. She was defeated by PAS’s Fawwaz Jan, who wrested the seat with a 5,272-vote majority. - FMT