PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar today expressed her views on the party’s election next month, with many wanting it to be carried out openly without fear or favour, including the race for the president’s post. 

Nurul Izzah said that her father, who is also PKR de facto leader, was the most qualified person to hold the president’s post and steer the party.

“I give my opinion as one who has been with the party since its inception on April 4, 1999.

“To me, (when) we see the history of the establishment of any party, it will surely have its sentiments, its context and there will be a continuity for progress. And the name Anwar Ibrahim is inseparable from the party in that sense,” she said in Bukit Mertajam today.

The Permatang Pauh MP said this in response to PKR Women chief Zuraida Kamaruddin’s remarks that the party ought to open all positions up for contest, including for the top post, in the upcoming polls.

“We compete, we hold office not to become a president, deputy and so on but to facilitate us as a party to carry out reform policies and welfare programmes for the people,” she said after presenting certificates of excellence at the 2018 Awards Day at SM Islam Al- Masriyah.

Anwar has reportedly offered to contest the post of party president in the elections. – Bernama, July 21, 2018.