PRIME Minister Anwar Ibrahim hit out at his former PKR colleague Azmin Ali, accusing him of ending the Reformasi struggle.

Anwar was responding to Azmin who had earlier accused the prime minister of no longer being the man he used to be.

Anwar said that it was Azmin who tried to put an end to the Reformasi struggle and insisted that those who remained in the party and Pakatan Harapan (PH) still uphold the struggle and champion good governance.

“He (Azmin) started his political career with Reformasi but he was the one who ended it,” Anwar said.

Others (who are still in PKR and PH) still remain true to the struggle,” he told reporters today.

Azmin this morning lambasted his ex-boss, alleging the prime minister had sacrificed his principles when he conspired to release top Umno leaders charged with corruption.

The Perikatan Nasional (PN) information chief, also questioned the silence of Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders and supporters over the case of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Zahid was this week granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) on charges of money laundering and tax evasion.

On Monday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court discharged Zahid on 47 charges of corruption, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving the funds of Yayasan Akalbudi.

This was after the same court had ruled in January that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the accused. Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah had said then that the prosecution, which had called 99 witnesses, had proved the charges against Zahid.

Yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted and freed Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Zizie Izette Abdul Samad of three corruption charges involving RM2.8 million.

Also freed yesterday was former Permatang Pasir assemblyman and Amanah central committee member, Muhammad Faiz Fadzil, who was granted a DNAA on a charge of outraging the modesty of a sales assistant two years ago. –  September 8, 2023.