PKR veep rubbishes claims 11 MPs retracting support for Anwar
PKR vice-president Chang Lih Kang said Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad resigned from their Cabinet posts to uphold the spirit of democracy.
PETALING JAYA : PKR vice-president Chang Lih Kang has rubbished claims that 11 MPs from the party are retracting their support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the party's president.
Responding to a text message making the rounds on WhatsApp, Chang, a federal minister, said the claim was 'nonsense'.
'Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad resigned from their Cabinet posts to uphold the spirit of democracy. Other parties need not fish in troubled waters,' he said in a Facebook post.
The viral message claimed that 11 MPs have withdrawn their support for Anwar as the prime minister, including Chang, who was a running mate of Rafizi in the recently concluded PKR central leadership elections.
The others listed in the message include Rafizi and others aligned with him, such as Nik Nazmi, PKR vice-president Aminuddin Harun, Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasir, Batu Pahat MP Onn Abu Bakar, Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh, Subang MP Wong Chen and Gopeng MP Tan Kar Hing.
The message claimed that the MPs would be holding a press conference on Friday on their decision to retract their support for Anwar.
Nik Nazmi had also lost in the PKR central leadership polls, failing to defend his vice-presidency.
Chang was retained as a PKR vice-president, while the other three posts were filled by Aminuddin, Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari and Sungai Buloh MP R Ramanan.
Earlier today, Rafizi and Nik Nazmi resigned from their posts as economy minister and natural resources and environmental sustainability minister, respectively.
Bernama quoted political analyst Sivamurugan Pandian of Universiti Sains Malaysia as saying that it was possible that other ministers or deputy ministers aligned with Rafizi would also step down from their posts.
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