Anwar Ibrahim faithful to people's mandate, unlike "someone"

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Nik Nazmi: Anwar could have been PM, but refused to betray people's mandate

 

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim could have been appointed as prime minister had he decided to accept Umno leaders who are facing ongoing graft charges, says Setiawangsa PKR MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

However, Anwar decided against the idea, as the PKR president refused to betray the people's mandate just for premiership, said Nik Nazmi.

"Anwar told us that he could have been the PM with condition that he abandoned our Pakatan Harapan allies and accept leaders in Umno facing numerous corruption charges.

"But, he refused to betray the mandate of the people simply for the sake of obtaining the premiership," said Nik Nazmi in an Instagram post on Tuesday (March 3).

Acknowledging that the political turmoil last week was "unfortunate", Nik Nazmi said it nevertheless exposed leaders "who are truly loyal and who betrayed the people's mandate".

"Good riddance to bad rubbish. The people will not forget," he added.

The political crisis which erupted last week saw the demise of the Pakatan government and the appointment of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister.

It also saw the exit of 11 PKR MPs and 26 Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia MPs from Pakatan and the emergence of the Perikatan Nasional coalition of Bersatu, PAS, Barisan Nasional as the ruling coalition.