‘TOO GREEDY’ AZMIN CARTEL THE FINAL STRAW FOR NURUL? IN REVEALING MESSAGE, NURUL SAYS DEFEATED RAFIZI WAS THE ‘BEST CHOICE’ FOR NO.2 – EVEN AS AZMIN & CO GO ALL OUT TO STOP RAFIZI FROM BEING APPOINTED VEEP & HAVING ANY INFLUENCE IN PKR

It has been an open secret that Rafizi Ramli and Nurul Izzah are part of the same faction, which is opposed to PKR deputy president Azmin Ali.

However, neither of them have confirmed this, until now.

Nurul made her alliance crystal clear this evening in a tweet thanking Rafizi for his support with regard to her resignation.

Describing Rafizi as a fellow comrade in the struggle, she said: “Although you did not win in the party election, you have convinced me that supporting you as the candidate for deputy (president) was the best choice.”

“May Allah protect the idealism of our struggle. Keep marching forward,” she added.

Rafizi failed to unseat Azmin in the heated contest for the number two post but the feud between both factions continue.

Earlier, Malaysiakini reported that Azmin’s faction is seeking to block Rafizi’s appointment as a vice-president.

A source from the faction had accused PKR president Anwar Ibrahim of siding with Rafizi and attempting to engineer the latter’s appointment.

This afternoon, Nurul, who is Anwar’s daughter, announced her resignation as PKR vice-president and the party’s Penang chief.

The Permatang Pauh MP also said she would not serve the government in any capacity.

Her announcement came in the wake of PKR leader Latheefa Koya, who is seen as aligned to Azmin, criticising Nurul’s appointment as the Penang PKR chief as an act of “nepotism”.

“The appointment of Nurul Izzah as Penang state chief by the party president, who is her father, is highly inappropriate and open to the charge of nepotism.

“Needless to say that the practice of appointing close relatives to important positions should have no place in a reformist party,” she had said.

Meanwhile, Rafizi expressed respect for Nurul’s decision to quit, saying it showed that the idealism of the struggle is more important than positions, titles or power. – M’kini

Respect Nurul Izzah’s decision, says Zuraida

THE decision of Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar to resign as PKR vice-president and Penang PKR chief should be respected by all parties, said party vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin.

In a statement today Zuraida said Nurul Izzah must have thought deeply into the matter before making her decision.

“If we have respected her decision to contest as PKR vice-president in the last party election, PKR members and leaders must now respect her decision to relinquish the posts.

“Any further action will now depend on PKR president Anwar Ibrahim,” she said.

Another PKR vice-president, Tian Chua when contacted said he was shocked to hear the news but he would support the decision of his colleague.

In announcing her resignation today, Nurul Izzah said the party leadership had been informed of her decision adding that she would no longer serve the federal government in any capacity and has left the party leadership to decide on her position in Penang government-linked companies.

Meanwhile, Perak leadership council chairman Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak urged Nurul Izzah to reconsider her resignation as PKR vice-president in the interests of the party, the coalition and the country.

“Now is the time for the PKR president’s daughter to stand up and carry out reforms in each state collectively and most importantly to show the nation the meaning of a mature democracy,” he said in a statement tonight.

Kelantan PKR chairman Mohd Supardi Md Noor when contacted by Bernama said generally ,the divisions in the state want Nurul Izzah to remain as vice-president.

“I have contacted the division heads and they have given me the mandate to appeal to her (Nurul Izzah) to pull back her resignation.

“At both state and national levels the party needs the services of young leaders like Nurul Izzah,” he added. – Bernama

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